mentor
English edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɛn.tɔː/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɛn.tɔɹ/, /ˈmɛn.təɹ/
- Rhymes: -ɛntə(ɹ), -ɛntɔː(ɹ)
Noun edit
mentor (plural mentors)
Derived terms edit
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Verb edit
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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See also edit
References edit
- ^ "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.
Further reading edit
Anagrams edit
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: men‧tor
Noun edit
mentor
Verb edit
mentor
- to act as a mentor
Quotations edit
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:mentor.
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Méntōr, “Mentor”), a mythological character in the Odyssey.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mentor c (singular definite mentoren, plural indefinite mentorer)
Inflection edit
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | mentor | mentoren | mentorer | mentorerne |
genitive | mentors | mentorens | mentorers | mentorernes |
Synonyms edit
Further reading edit
- mentor on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French mentor, from Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Méntōr).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mentor m (plural mentors or mentoren, diminutive mentortje n, feminine mentrix)
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Descendants edit
- → Papiamentu: mèntòr
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Méntōr).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mentor m (plural mentors)
Further reading edit
- “mentor”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Méntōr, “Mentor”).
Noun edit
mentor m (definite singular mentoren, indefinite plural mentorer, definite plural mentorene)
- a mentor
References edit
- “mentor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: men‧tor
Noun edit
mentor m (plural mentores, feminine mentora, feminine plural mentoras)
- mentor (a wise and trusted counsellor or teacher)
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Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French mentor, from Latin mentor.
Noun edit
mentor m (plural mentori)
Declension edit
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 edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
mentor m (plural mentores, feminine mentora, feminine plural mentoras)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “mentor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish edit
Noun edit
mentor c
- A mentor
Declension edit
Declension of mentor | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | mentor | mentorn | mentorer | mentorerna |
Genitive | mentors | mentorns | mentorers | mentorernas |
Anagrams edit
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
mentor m (plural mentoriaid)
Mutation edit
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 edit
- 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.