mentor

Etymology

From French mentor, 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.^[1] Akin to Sanskrit मन्तृ (mantṛ, “one who thinks”) and Latin monitor (“one who admonishes”), and perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mon-eyo-, causative form of *men- (“to think”).^[2]

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛnˌtɔː/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛnˌtɔɹ/, /ˈmɛn.təɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɛntə(ɹ), -ɛntɔː(ɹ)

Noun

mentor (plural mentors)

1. A wise and trusted counselor or teacher

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

Related terms

• mentee

See also

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

References

Anagrams

• Ermont, Merton, Monter, Termon, meront, metron, montre

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

Etymology

From the Homeric mythological figure Mentor

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

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

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Méntōr).

Noun

mentor m (plural mentors)

1. mentor, guide

Further reading

• “mentor” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• monter
• montre, montré

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.

Noun

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

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

Noun

mentor m (plural mentores)

1. mentor

Noun

mentor c

1. A mentor

Etymology

Borrowed from English mentor.

Noun

mentor m (plural mentoriaid)

1. mentor

Mutation

References

• “mentor”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, 2014
• Definition of 'mentor' from the BBC.
• Alternative definition of the source of 'mentor' from Peer Resources.