English

Noun

entreprise ‎(plural entreprises)

1. Archaic form of enterprise.

French

Etymology

Feminine past participle of entreprendre (undertake).

Noun

entreprise f ‎(plural entreprises)

1. company, business
2. enterprise, project
   • 1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche^{fr.Wikisource}, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter II:

     Mais à peine se vit-il en chemin qu’une pensée terrible l’assaillit, et telle, que peu s’en fallut qu’elle ne lui fît abandonner l’entreprise commencée.

     But scarcely did he see himself on the road when a terrible thought assaulted him, and such that little was missing to make him abandon the enterprise he had started.

Synonyms

• société

Middle French

Noun

entreprise f (plural entreprises)

1. Alternative form of entreprinse