mentor
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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]
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɛn.tɔː/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɛn.tɔɹ/, /ˈmɛn.təɹ/
- Rhymes: -ɛntə(ɹ), -ɛntɔː(ɹ)
NounEdit
mentor (plural mentors)
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VerbEdit
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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Further readingEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "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.
- ^ "mentor (n.)". Online Etymology Dictionary. 2013. Douglas Harper. 2 September 2013, http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=mentor.
AnagramsEdit
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Méntōr, “Mentor”), a mythological character in the Odyssey.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mentor c (singular definite mentoren, plural indefinite mentorer)
InflectionEdit
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | mentor | mentoren | mentorer | mentorerne |
genitive | mentors | mentorens | mentorers | mentorernes |
SynonymsEdit
Further readingEdit
- mentor on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From the Homeric mythological figure Mentor
PronunciationEdit
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NounEdit
mentor m (plural mentors or mentoren, diminutive mentortje n)
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FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Méntōr).
NounEdit
mentor m (plural mentors)
Further readingEdit
- “mentor” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
AnagramsEdit
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Méntōr, “Mentor”)
NounEdit
mentor m (definite singular mentoren, indefinite plural mentorer, definite plural mentorene)
- a mentor
ReferencesEdit
- “mentor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
PortugueseEdit
NounEdit
mentor m (plural mentores, feminine mentora, feminine plural mentoras)
- mentor (a wise and trusted counsellor or teacher)
Related termsEdit
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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-.
NounEdit
mentor m (plural mentores)
Derived termsEdit
SwedishEdit
NounEdit
mentor c
- A mentor
DeclensionEdit
Declension of mentor | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | mentor | mentorn | mentorer | mentorerna |
Genitive | mentors | mentorns | mentorers | mentorernas |
AnagramsEdit
WelshEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
mentor m (plural mentoriaid)
MutationEdit
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. |
ReferencesEdit
- 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.