mentor

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]

• enPR: men'tôr, men'tər
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛn.tɔː/, (without the horse–hoarse merger) /ˈmɛn.toə/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (Canada, US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛn.to(ː)ɹ/, /ˈmɛn.tɚ/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈmen.toː/
• (Indic) IPA^(key): /ˈmen.ʈa(ɾ)/, /ˈmen.ʈoː(ɾ)/
• Rhymes: -ɛntə(ɹ), -ɛntɔː(ɹ)

mentor (plural mentors)

1. A wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
   • 2006, Lisa Johnson, Mind Your X's and Y's:

     Many mentors claim that they would work with the vocationers for free because of the sense of satisfaction the interaction provides.

   • 2009, Reif Larsen, The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet, Pinguin Books, page 26:

     I thought he was supposed to be my mentor. But, in actuality, what did I know about the often beguiling world of adults?

• e-mentor
• e-mentorship
• mentorship
• mentoress, mentress
• mentrix

mentor (third-person singular simple present mentors, present participle mentoring, simple past and past participle mentored)

1. (transitive) To act as someone's mentor.
   • 2008 September 8, Richard Halloran, “Japan’s rapid succession of prime ministers belies its global role”, in Taipei Times‎^[1], Taipai, page 9:

     After him came several deshi, or followers he had mentored.

   • 2016 September 16, Soledad O'Brien, “Soledad O'Brien: We Should Rethink What Mentoring Means”, in Time‎^[2]:

     I want to get people motivated about mentoring students, to help them get excited about staying in school, finding their passion, and starting a career.

• mentee

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

• Morten, meront, termon, Ermont, montre, Merton, Monter, tormen, Termon, metron

From English mentor.

• Hyphenation: men‧tor

mentor

1. a mentor; a wise and trusted counselor or teacher

mentor

1. to act as a mentor

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:mentor.

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

• IPA^(key): /mɛntər/, [ˈmɛntˢɐ]

mentor c (singular definite mentoren, plural indefinite mentorer)

1. mentor

• læremester
• vejleder

• mentor on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Borrowed from French mentor, from Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Méntōr).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛn.tɔr/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: men‧tor

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

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

• raadsman m
• leidsman m, gids m

• mentorspan n

• → Indonesian: mentor
• → Papiamentu: mèntòr

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Méntōr).

• IPA^(key): /mɑ̃.tɔʁ/, /mɛ̃.tɔʁ/

mentor m (plural mentors)

1. mentor, guide

• “mentor”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• monter
• montre, montré

Borrowed from Dutch mentor, from French mentor, from Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Méntōr).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛntor/ [ˈmen̪.t̪ɔr]
• Rhymes: -ɛntor
• Syllabification: men‧tor

mentor (plural mentor-mentor)

1. (education) mentor

   Synonyms: pembimbing, pengasuh

• “mentor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Méntōr, “Mentor”).

mentor m (definite singular mentoren, indefinite plural mentorer, definite plural mentorene)

1. a mentor

• “mentor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Méntōr).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛn.tɔr/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛntɔr
• Syllabification: men‧tor

mentor m pers (female equivalent mentorka, related adjective mentorski)

1. (literary) mentor (wise and trusted counselor or teacher)

   Synonyms: nauczyciel, wychowawca

2. (derogatory or ironic) moralist, moralizer

   Synonyms: kaznodzieja, moralista, moralizator, rezoner

• mentor in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mentor in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Hyphenation: men‧tor

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

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

• mente

Borrowed from French mentor, from Latin mentor.

mentor m (plural mentori)

1. mentor

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-.

• IPA^(key): /menˈtoɾ/ [mẽn̪ˈt̪oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: men‧tor

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

1. mentor

• “mentor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

mentor c

1. A mentor

• monter

From English mentor.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mɛn˧˧ təː˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [mɛŋ˧˧ təː˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [mɛŋ˧˧ təː˨˩]
• Phonetic spelling: men tờ

mentor

1. mentor

   tìm mentor ― to find a mentor

Borrowed from English mentor.

mentor m (plural mentoriaid)

1. mentor

• 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.