mentor

See also: Mentor

English

Etymology

From French mentor, from Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Méntōr, Mentor), a mythological character in the Odyssey, whose name, a historical name from Ancient Greece, shares the same root as English mind.[1] Cognate to Sanskrit मन्तृ (mantṛ, advisor, counselor) and Latin monitor (one who admonishes), and perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *monéyeti (compare Latin moneō (to warn), causative form of *men- (to think)).[2]

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɛn.tɔː/
  • (file)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɛn.tɔɹ/, /ˈmɛn.təɹ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛntə(ɹ), -ɛntɔː(ɹ)

Noun

mentor (plural mentors)

  1. A wise and trusted counselor or teacher.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

mentor (third-person singular simple present mentors, present participle mentoring, simple past and past participle mentored)

  1. (transitive) To act as someone's mentor.

Translations

See also

References

  1. "mentor, n.". OED Online. March 2013. Oxford University Press. 1 April 2013, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/116575?rskey=EAtx24&result=1&isAdvanced=false.
  2. Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “mentor”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Further reading

Anagrams

Cebuano

Etymology

From English mentor.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: men‧tor

Noun

mentor

  1. a mentor; a wise and trusted counselor or teacher

Verb

mentor

  1. to act as a mentor

Quotations

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:mentor.

Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Méntōr, Mentor), a mythological character in the Odyssey.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛntər/, [ˈmɛntˢɐ]

Noun

mentor c (singular definite mentoren, plural indefinite mentorer)

  1. mentor

Inflection

Synonyms

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French mentor, from Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Méntōr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛn.tɔr/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: men‧tor

Noun

mentor m (plural mentors or mentoren, diminutive mentortje n, feminine mentrix)

  1. A mentor, wise/grey adviser, tutor etc.

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • mentorspan n

Descendants

  • Papiamentu: mèntòr

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Méntōr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɑ̃.tɔʁ/

Noun

mentor m (plural mentors)

  1. mentor, guide

Further reading

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Méntōr, Mentor).

Noun

mentor m (definite singular mentoren, indefinite plural mentorer, definite plural mentorene)

  1. a mentor

References

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /mẽˈtoʁ/ [mẽˈtoh]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /mẽˈtoɾ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /mẽˈtoʁ/ [mẽˈtoχ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /mẽˈtoɻ/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /mẽˈtoɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /mẽˈto.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: men‧tor

Noun

mentor m (plural mentores, feminine mentora, feminine plural mentoras)

  1. mentor (a wise and trusted counsellor or teacher)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French mentor, from Latin mentor.

Noun

mentor m (plural mentori)

  1. mentor

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Méntōr, Mentor), a mythological character in the Odyssey, whose name, a historical name from Ancient Greece may share the same root as English mind, would mean that mentor ultimately descends from the Proto-Indo-European root *men-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /menˈtoɾ/ [mẽn̪ˈt̪oɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: men‧tor

Noun

mentor m (plural mentores, feminine mentora, feminine plural mentoras)

  1. mentor

Derived terms

Further reading

Swedish

Noun

mentor c

  1. A mentor

Declension

Declension of mentor 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative mentor mentorn mentorer mentorerna
Genitive mentors mentorns mentorers mentorernas

Anagrams

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English mentor.

Noun

mentor m (plural mentoriaid)

  1. mentor

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
mentor fentor unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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