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Preneur comes from "prendre" which means to take. So a more literal translation would be an undertaker, not as someone who manages burials, but undertakes somet
by seren 12y ago
Preneur comes from "prendre" which means to take. So a more literal translation would be an undertaker, not as someone who manages burials, but undertakes something.
(By the way an undertaker, would be translated as an "Entrepreneur de pompes funèbres" in French)
- hartator 12y ago"Preneur" means taking part.
- seren 12y agoI stand corrected, I had misunderstood your post, I interpreted part as a mechanical part.
- quonn 12y agoDon't stand corrected. The german word is Unternehmer which literally means "under-taker". This is probably not a coincidence and the french meaning is probably the same.
- karmajunkie 12y agoAs a point of linguistic curiousity, would a more accurate literal translation be "one who undertakes", or perhaps "one who engages in", given the fairly specific meaning of "undertaker" in English?
- quonn 12y agoYes.