mentor

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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. 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”)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛn.tɔː/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛn.tɔɹ/, /ˈmɛn.tɚ/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈmen.toː/
• (India) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛn.ʈə(ɾ)/, /ˈmɛn.ʈo(ː)(ɾ)/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛn.toə/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛn.to(ː)ɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɛntə(ɹ), -ɛntɔː(ɹ)

Noun

mentor (plural mentors)

1. A wise and trusted counselor or teacher.

Derived terms

• e-mentor
• e-mentorship
• mentorship
• mentoress, mentress
• mentrix

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

Related terms

• mentee

See also

References

Further reading

• Article on the etymology and history of the word “mentor” on languagehat.com

Anagrams

• Morten, meront, termon, Ermont, montre, Merton, Monter, tormen, Termon, metron

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

• læremester
• vejleder

Further reading

• mentor on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

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

Synonyms

• raadsman m
• leidsman m, gids m

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

• “mentor”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• monter
• montre, montré

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

• “mentor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: men‧tor

Noun

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

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

Related terms

• mente

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

• “mentor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Swedish

Noun

mentor c

1. A mentor

Declension

Anagrams

• monter

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English mentor.

Noun

mentor m (plural mentoriaid)

1. mentor

Mutation

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.