enterprise

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From Old French via Middle English and Middle French entreprise, feminine past participle of entreprendre (“to undertake”), from entre (“in between”) + prendre (“to take”), from Latin inter + prehendō, see prehensile.

168 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: ndërmarrje — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Arabic: مُغَامَرَة (muḡāmara) — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Arabic: شَرِكَة (šarika) — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Armenian: ձեռնարկություն (jeṙnarkutʻyun) — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Azerbaijani: müəssisə — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Azerbaijani: şirkət — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Belarusian: прадпрые́мства (pradpryjémstva) — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Bengali: উদ্যোগ (uddōg) — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Bulgarian: предприя́тие (predprijátie) — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Burmese: စီးပွားရေးလုပ်ငန်း (ci:pwa:re:lupngan:) — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Burmese: ကုမ္ပဏီ (kumpa.ni) — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Catalan: empresa — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Catalan: companyia — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Chinese Cantonese: 企業 /企业 (kei5 jip6) — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Eastern Min Chinese: 企業 /企业 (kié-ngiĕk) — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Hakka Chinese: 企業 /企业 (khî-ngia̍p) — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Chinese: 企業 /企业 (khì-gia̍p) — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Chinese Mandarin: 企業 /企业 (qǐyè) — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Wu Chinese: 企業 /企业 (5chi-gniq) — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Czech: podnik — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Danish: virksomhed — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Danish: foretagende — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Dutch: onderneming — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Esperanto: firmo — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Esperanto: firmao — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Estonian: ettevõte — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Finnish: yritys — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• French: entreprise — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Georgian: საწარმო (sac̣armo) — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• German: Unternehmen — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Greek: επιχείρηση (epicheírisi) — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Greek: εργολαβία (ergolavía) — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Hebrew: עֵסֶק (ések) — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Hindi: उद्यम (udyam) — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Hindi: उपक्रम (upakram) — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Hungarian: vállalkozás — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Hungarian: vállalat — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Hungarian: gazdasági egység — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Icelandic: fyrirtæki — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Indonesian: badan usaha — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Indonesian: perusahaan — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Indonesian: syarikat — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Irish: fiontar — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Italian: impresa — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Japanese: 企業 (kigyō) — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Japanese: 事業 (jigyō) — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Kazakh: кәсіпорын (käsıporyn) — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Khmer: ក្រុមហ៊ុន (krom hun) — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Khmer: សហគ្រាស (saʼhaʼkriəh) — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Khmer: ឧស្សាហកម្ម (ʼuhsaahaʼkam) — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Korean: 사업 (sa'eop) — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Korean: 기업 (gieop) — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Kyrgyz: ишкана (işkana) — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Lao: ທຸລະກິດ (thu la kit) — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Latin: coeptus — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Latvian: uzņēmums — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Lithuanian: įmonė — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Macedonian: претпријатие (pretprijatie) — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Malay: syarikat — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Malay: perusahaan — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Maltese: intrapriża — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Māori: hinonga — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Māori: pakihi — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Mongolian: үйлдвэр (üjldver) — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Mongolian: аж ахуйн газар (až axujn gazar) — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Mongolian: аж ахуйн нэгж (až axujn negž) — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Mongolian: компани (kompani) — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Norwegian Bokmål: selskap — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Occitan: entrepresa — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Occitan: empresa — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Iranian Persian: شِرْکَت (šerkat) — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Iranian Persian: بُنْگاه (bongâh) — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Iranian Persian: مُؤَسِّسِه (mo'assese) — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Plautdietsch: Äwanämunk — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Polish: przedsiębiorstwo — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Polish: antrepryza — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Portuguese: empresa — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Romanian: întreprindere — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Russian: предприя́тие (predprijátije) — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Serbo-Croatian: предузе́ће — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Serbo-Croatian: подузе́ће — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Serbo-Croatian: preduzéće — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Serbo-Croatian: poduzéće — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Sicilian: mprisa — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Sicilian: imprisa — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Slovak: podnik — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Slovene: podjetje — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Spanish: empresa — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Spanish: destajo — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Swedish: företag — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Tajik: корхона (korxona) — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Tajik: муассиса (muassisa) — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Tajik: ширкат (širkat) — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Tajik: бунгоҳ (bungoh) — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Thai: ธุรกิจ (tú-rá-gìt) — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Turkish: şirket — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Turkmen: kärhana — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Ukrainian: підприє́мство (pidpryjémstvo) — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Urdu: کَمْپَنی (kampanī) — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Urdu: شِرْکَت (śirkat) — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Uyghur: كارخانا (karxana) — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Uyghur: شىركەت (shirket) — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Uzbek: korxona — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Uzbek: shirkat — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Uzbek: muassasa — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Vietnamese: xí nghiệp — company, business, organization, or endeavor
• Bulgarian: предприемчи́вост (predpriemčívost) — undertaking, especially a daring and courageous one
• Chinese Cantonese: 事業 /事业 (si6 jip6) — undertaking, especially a daring and courageous one
• Chinese Mandarin: 事業 /事业 (shìyè) — undertaking, especially a daring and courageous one
• Czech: podnik — undertaking, especially a daring and courageous one
• Danish: bedrift — undertaking, especially a daring and courageous one
• Finnish: hanke — undertaking, especially a daring and courageous one
• French: venture — undertaking, especially a daring and courageous one
• German: Unterfangen — undertaking, especially a daring and courageous one
• German: Vorhaben — undertaking, especially a daring and courageous one
• Hebrew: מִבְצָע (mivtsá) — undertaking, especially a daring and courageous one
• Hebrew: יָזְמָה (yozmá) — undertaking, especially a daring and courageous one
• Hindi: उद्यम (udyam) — undertaking, especially a daring and courageous one
• Hungarian: vállalkozás — undertaking, especially a daring and courageous one
• Hungarian: terv — undertaking, especially a daring and courageous one
• Italian: impresa — undertaking, especially a daring and courageous one
• Latin: susceptum — undertaking, especially a daring and courageous one
• Latin: ausum — undertaking, especially a daring and courageous one
• Latin: coeptus — undertaking, especially a daring and courageous one
• Māori: hinonga — undertaking, especially a daring and courageous one
• Norwegian Bokmål: foretagende — undertaking, especially a daring and courageous one
• Plautdietsch: Äwanämunk — undertaking, especially a daring and courageous one
• Portuguese: empreendimento — undertaking, especially a daring and courageous one
• Portuguese: empreitada — undertaking, especially a daring and courageous one
• Russian: риско́ванный прое́кт (riskóvannyj proékt) — undertaking, especially a daring and courageous one
• Russian: начина́ние (načinánije) — undertaking, especially a daring and courageous one
• Russian: зате́я (zatéja) — undertaking, especially a daring and courageous one
• Russian: предприя́тие (predprijátije) — undertaking, especially a daring and courageous one
• Slovene: podvig — undertaking, especially a daring and courageous one
• Spanish: empresa — undertaking, especially a daring and courageous one
• Spanish: emprendimiento — undertaking, especially a daring and courageous one
• Spanish: destajo — undertaking, especially a daring and courageous one
• Swedish: vågstycke — undertaking, especially a daring and courageous one
• Ottoman Turkish: تشبث (teşebbüs) — undertaking, especially a daring and courageous one
• Bulgarian: инициати́ва (iniciatíva) — willingness to undertake projects, energy and initiative
• Chinese Mandarin: 事業心 /事业心 (shìyèxīn) — willingness to undertake projects, energy and initiative
• Chinese Mandarin: 進取心 /进取心 (jìnqǔxīn) — willingness to undertake projects, energy and initiative
• Danish: foretagsomhed — willingness to undertake projects, energy and initiative
• Danish: initiativ — willingness to undertake projects, energy and initiative
• Finnish: yritteliäisyys — willingness to undertake projects, energy and initiative
• French: initiative — willingness to undertake projects, energy and initiative
• German: Unternehmungsgeist — willingness to undertake projects, energy and initiative
• German: Unternehmungslust — willingness to undertake projects, energy and initiative
• Hebrew: יזמות (yazamut) — willingness to undertake projects, energy and initiative
• Hebrew: יזמה (yozma) — willingness to undertake projects, energy and initiative
• Hungarian: vállalkozókedv — willingness to undertake projects, energy and initiative
• Hungarian: vállalkozószellem — willingness to undertake projects, energy and initiative
• Hungarian: kezdeményezés — willingness to undertake projects, energy and initiative
• Hungarian: merészség — willingness to undertake projects, energy and initiative
• Hungarian: kezdeményezőkészség — willingness to undertake projects, energy and initiative
• Irish: borrúlacht — willingness to undertake projects, energy and initiative
• Italian: iniziativa — willingness to undertake projects, energy and initiative
• Japanese: 冒険心 (bōkenshin) — willingness to undertake projects, energy and initiative
• Occitan: esperit d'entrepresa — willingness to undertake projects, energy and initiative
• Occitan: volontat — willingness to undertake projects, energy and initiative
• Polish: przedsiębiorczość — willingness to undertake projects, energy and initiative
• Portuguese: iniciativa — willingness to undertake projects, energy and initiative
• Russian: предприи́мчивость (predpriímčivostʹ) — willingness to undertake projects, energy and initiative
• Russian: инициати́ва (iniciatíva) — willingness to undertake projects, energy and initiative
• Spanish: empuje — willingness to undertake projects, energy and initiative
• Spanish: iniciativa — willingness to undertake projects, energy and initiative
• Swedish: vågstycke — willingness to undertake projects, energy and initiative
• Ottoman Turkish: تشبث (teşebbüs) — willingness to undertake projects, energy and initiative