emprendre

• mamprendre (Valencia)

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *imprehendere, from Latin prehendere.

• IPA^(key): (Central) , (proscribed spelling pronunciation)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) , (proscribed spelling pronunciation)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) , (proscribed spelling pronunciation)

emprendre (first-person singular present emprenc, first-person singular preterite emprenguí, past participle emprès); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/(transitive)

1. to undertake

   Synonym: escometre

2. to initiate, to enter into, to embark upon

   Synonyms: iniciar, començar

• emprenedor
• empresa

• “emprendre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “emprendre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “emprendre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

• “emprendre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

• anprendre, emprandre, enprendre, enpanrre

From Vulgar Latin *imprehendere, from Latin prehendere.

• (archaic) IPA^(key): /emˈpɾendɾə/
• (classical) IPA^(key): /amˈpɾandɾə/

emprendre

1. to undertake (take up a task, a duty, etc.)
   • c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     Se tu as anprise bataille

     If you have taken up a battle

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• Middle French: emprendre