mentor
See also: Mentor
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, 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): /ˈmɛn.tɔː/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɛn.tɔɹ/, /ˈmɛn.təɹ/
- Rhymes: -ɛntə(ɹ), -ɛntɔː(ɹ)
Translations
A wise and trusted counselor or teacher
Verb
mentor (third-person singular simple present mentors, present participle mentoring, simple past and past participle mentored)
- (transitive) To act as someone's mentor
Translations
Related terms
See also
References
- "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.
Danish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Méntōr, “Mentor”), a mythological character in the Odyssey.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛntər/, [ˈmɛntˢɐ]
Inflection
Declension of mentor
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | mentor | mentoren | mentorer | mentorerne |
genitive | mentors | mentorens | mentorers | mentorernes |
Synonyms
- læremester
- vejleder
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Derived terms
- mentorspan n
French
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Méntōr).
Further reading
- “mentor” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Méntōr, “Mentor”)
Portuguese
Swedish
Declension
Declension of mentor | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | mentor | mentorn | mentorer | mentorerna |
Genitive | mentors | mentorns | mentorers | mentorernas |
Welsh
Mutation
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
- Angharad Fychan and Ann Parry Owen, editors (2014), “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.
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