--- title: "How to pronounce entrepreneur | Murmur" description: "Check entrepreneur pronunciation with CMUdict sound tokens and stress, then practise two original sentences and download a voiceover audition worksheet." canonical: "https://www.murmurtts.com/pronunciation/entrepreneur" --- [Murmur](https://www.murmurtts.com/)/[Pronunciation](https://www.murmurtts.com/pronunciation)/entrepreneur PRONUNCIATION / Work and business # How to pronounce entrepreneur Check entrepreneur pronunciation with CMUdict sound tokens and stress, then practise two original sentences and download a voiceover audition worksheet. ## The dictionary sound sequence CMUdict lists these 2 North American English pronunciations for **entrepreneur**. Read each sequence from left to right. The numbers mark vowel stress: **1** primary, **2** secondary, **0** unstressed. Dictionary variant 1 `AA2 N T R AH0 P R AH0 N ER1` **Syllable estimate** 4 vowel nuclei **Primary stress** 4th vowel position **Secondary stress** 1st vowel position Dictionary variant 2 `AA2 N T R AH0 P R AH0 N UH1 R` **Syllable estimate** 4 vowel nuclei **Primary stress** 4th vowel position **Secondary stress** 1st vowel position [Check entrepreneur in Merriam-Webster and listen to available dictionary audio](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entrepreneur). Syllable counts come from vowel tokens; CMUdict does not supply syllable boundaries here. Variant order follows the dictionary and does not rank correctness. This lexicon does not represent every accent or context. ## Use entrepreneur in context Entrepreneur describes someone who starts and develops a business, often taking on uncertainty in the process. Founder profiles and business explainers become more useful when they name the actual product, customer, or decision. Narration should favor those details over making the occupational label sound like an achievement by itself. 1. The entrepreneur tested the repair service with ten local customers. 2. A young entrepreneur converted the empty shop into a bicycle workshop. ### A practice cue Test entrepreneur with the founder's name, business description, and any neighboring job titles. Listen for fluent delivery through the whole phrase and choose an observational tone that lets the concrete work establish the person's story. ## Read the sound tokens Each example word below is a cue for the named sound, rather than a respelling of entrepreneur. Unstressed vowels may sound reduced. These cues follow the [CMU phoneme-set key (Appendix A)](https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~aria/Papers/MastersThesis.pdf#page=115). `AA`sound in **odd**vowel`N`sound in **knee**consonant`T`sound in **tea**consonant`R`sound in **read**consonant`AH`sound in **hut**vowel`P`sound in **pee**consonant`ER`sound in **hurt**vowel`UH`sound in **hood**vowel TAKE IT TO YOUR NEXT RECORDING ## Make an audition worksheet Select a dictionary variant for your checklist. The two original sentences retain their normal spelling; this worksheet helps you review a recording rather than forcing a speech engine to use phonemes. Copying and downloading happen in your browser. No script upload or audio generation is needed. ## Dictionary source The phonemes on this page come from [CMU Pronouncing Dictionary](https://github.com/cmusphinx/cmudict/blob/74790861f652b15e4ac49015a90074ad62a27690/cmudict.dict). The dictionary maintainers acknowledge that errors and omissions can remain; check another source or a speaker when the pronunciation matters. [CMUdict README](https://github.com/cmusphinx/cmudict/blob/74790861f652b15e4ac49015a90074ad62a27690/README) · [Included dictionary license](https://www.murmurtts.com/downloads/cmudict-license.txt) Source version and checksum Commit: `74790861f652b15e4ac49015a90074ad62a27690` Dictionary SHA-256: `81917843c7f44ce2b094ac63873c2c7a4cf802040792c455ba3ca406891c3d22` ## Keep practising [How to pronounce archive](https://www.murmurtts.com/pronunciation/archive)[How to pronounce bureaucracy](https://www.murmurtts.com/pronunciation/bureaucracy)[How to pronounce camaraderie](https://www.murmurtts.com/pronunciation/camaraderie)[How to pronounce colonel](https://www.murmurtts.com/pronunciation/colonel) [Build a pronunciation test suite for local TTS](https://www.murmurtts.com/blog/pronunciation-test-suite-local-tts) · [Browse all word references](https://www.murmurtts.com/pronunciation) MURMUR FOR MAC ## Check the word in a real voiceover. Murmur generates speech locally on Apple Silicon Macs. Try your audition sentences with your chosen model and voice, listen for pronunciation, and review the result before exporting. A dictionary sequence does not guarantee a model’s output. [Explore Murmur](https://www.murmurtts.com/#product)