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
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- Rhymes: -ɛntə(ɹ), -ɛntɔː(ɹ)
Noun
mentor (plural mentors)
Derived terms
Translations
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Verb
mentor (third-person singular simple present mentors, present participle mentoring, simple past and past participle mentored)
- (transitive) To act as someone's mentor
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Related terms
See also
Further reading
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “mentor”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Méntōr, “Mentor”), a mythological character in the Odyssey.
Pronunciation
Noun
mentor c (singular definite mentoren, plural indefinite mentorer)
Inflection
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | mentor | mentoren | mentorer | mentorerne |
genitive | mentors | mentorens | mentorers | mentorernes |
Synonyms
Further reading
- mentor on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Dutch
Etymology
From the Homeric mythological figure Mentor.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
mentor m (plural mentors or mentoren, diminutive mentortje n)
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Papiamentu: mèntòr
French
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Méntōr).
Noun
mentor m (plural mentors)
Further reading
- “mentor”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Méntōr, “Mentor”).
Noun
mentor m (definite singular mentoren, indefinite plural mentorer, definite plural mentorene)
- a mentor
References
- “mentor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Portuguese
Noun
mentor m (plural mentores, feminine mentora, feminine plural mentoras)
- mentor (a wise and trusted counsellor or teacher)
Related terms
Romanian
Etymology
From French mentor, from Latin mentor.
Noun
mentor m (plural mentori)
Declension
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) mentor | mentorul | (niște) mentori | mentorii |
genitive/dative | (unui) mentor | mentorului | (unor) mentori | mentorilor |
vocative | mentorule | mentorilor |
Spanish
Etymology
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-.
Noun
mentor m (plural mentores, feminine mentora, feminine plural mentoras)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “mentor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Noun
mentor c
- A mentor
Declension
Declension of mentor | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | mentor | mentorn | mentorer | mentorerna |
Genitive | mentors | mentorns | mentorers | mentorernas |
Anagrams
Welsh
Etymology
Noun
mentor m (plural mentoriaid)
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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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
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “mentor”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- Definition of 'mentor' from the BBC.
- Alternative definition of the source of 'mentor' from Peer Resources.
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