mentor

See also Mentor

English

Etymology

From French mentor, from Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Mentōr, “Mentor”), a mythological character in the Odyssey, whose name, a historical name from Ancient Greece, may share the same root as English mind.

Noun

Wikipedia mentor (plural mentors)

1. A wise and trusted counselor or teacher

Translations

A wise and trusted counselor or teacher

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 指導者 (cmn), 指导者 (cmn) (zhǐdǎozhě)

• Dutch: mentor m, leidsman m
• Finnish: ohjaaja (fi), oppi-isä (fi), mentori (fi)
• French: mentor (fr) m
• German: Mentor (de) m
• Greek: μέντωρ (el) (mentor) m 
• Hebrew: יועץ, מחנך. אב רוחני

• Italian: mentore (it) m
• Japanese: メンター (ja) (mentā)
• Korean: 멘토 (ko) (mento)
• Portuguese: mentor (pt) m
• Russian: наставник (ru) (nastávnik) m , ментор (ru) (méntor) m 
• Spanish: mentor (es) m and f
• Swedish: mentor (sv) c
• Turkish: hoca (tr) n
• Welsh: mentor (cy)

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

to act as someone's mentor

• Finnish: opastaa (fi), ohjata (fi), mentoroida (fi)

• Serbo-Croatian: mentorirati (sh), mentorisati (sh)

Related terms

• mentee

See also

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

Anagrams

• meront, Merton, metron

References

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Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Mentōr, “Mentor”), a mythological character in the Odyssey.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɛntər/, [ˈmɛntˢɐ]

Noun

mentor c (singular definite mentoren, plural indefinite mentorer)

1. mentor

Inflection

    Inflection of mentor

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	mentor	mentoren	mentorer	mentorerne
genitive	mentors	mentorens	mentorers	mentorernes

Synonyms

• læremester
• vejleder

External links

• Mentor on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia

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Dutch

Etymology

From the Homeric mythological figure Mentor

Noun

mentor m (plural mentors or mentoren, diminutive mentortje)

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

Synonyms

• raadsman m
• leidsman m, gids m

Derived terms

• mentorspan n

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French

Noun

mentor m (plural mentors)

1. mentor, guide

Anagrams

• monter
• montre, montré

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Swedish

Noun

mentor c

1. A mentor

Declension

Declension of mentor

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mentor	mentorn	mentorer	mentorerna
genitive	mentors	mentorns	mentorers	mentorernas

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Welsh

Noun

mentor m (plural: mentoriaid)

1. A mentor

Conjugation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
mentor	fentor	unchanged	unchanged

References

• Definition of 'mentor' from the BBC.
• Alternative definition of the source of 'mentor' from Peer Resources.