Mentor

See also: mentor

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Mentor (countable and uncountable, plural Mentors)

1. (Greek mythology) Odysseus's trusted counselor. He was assigned the responsibility of raising Odysseus's son Telemachus while Odysseus was away fighting in Troy.
2. (countable) A male given name from Ancient Greek.

Translations

Odysseus's counselor

• Armenian: Մենտոր (hy) (Mentor)
• Japanese: メントール (Mentōru)

Anagrams

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

Albanian

Proper noun

Mentor m

1. a male given name from Illyrian

Declension

Declension of Mentor

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	Mentor	Mentori
accusative		Mentorin
dat./abl.	Mentori	Mentorit

References

• Kostallari, Androkli et al., editors (1982), “Mentór, -i”, in Fjalor me emra njerëzish [Dictionary of personal names] (in Albanian), Tirana: 8 Nëntori, page 156
• Dražić, Marina, Antić, Ivana, editors (2019), Каталог најчешћих албанских имена и презимена [Catalogue of the most common Albanian names and surnames]‎^[1] (in Serbo-Croatian), page 41

German

Pronunciation

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Noun

Mentor m (mixed, genitive Mentors, plural Mentoren)

1. mentor

Further reading

• “Mentor” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Mentor (Berater, Trainer)” in Duden online
• “Mentor (Mythologie)” in Duden online