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Is mentor a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word mentor is a Scrabble US word. The word mentor is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is mentor a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word mentor is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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Is mentor a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word mentor is a Words With Friends word. The word mentor is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (2 found)

MENTOR,MONTRE,

5-letter words (12 found)

ENORM,MENTO,METRO,MONER,MONTE,MORNE,MOTEN,NOTER,RONTE,TENOR,TONER,TRONE,

4-letter words (26 found)

MENO,MENT,MOER,MORE,MORN,MORT,MOTE,NOME,NORM,NOTE,OMEN,OMER,ONER,RENO,RENT,RONE,RONT,ROTE,TERM,TERN,TOME,TONE,TORE,TORN,TREM,TRON,

3-letter words (29 found)

EMO,EON,ERM,ERN,MEN,MET,MOE,MON,MOR,MOT,NET,NOM,NOR,NOT,ONE,ORE,ORT,REM,REN,REO,RET,ROE,ROM,ROT,TEN,TOE,TOM,TON,TOR,

2-letter words (15 found)

EM,EN,ER,ET,ME,MO,NE,NO,OE,OM,ON,OR,RE,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 85 words from mentor according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of mentor

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, shares the same root as English mind. 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”)).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mentor (plural mentors)

  1. A wise and trusted counselor or teacher.

Derived terms

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

Translations

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.

Translations

Related terms

  • mentee

See also

References

Further reading

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

Anagrams

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

Cebuano

Etymology

From English mentor.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: men‧tor

Noun

mentor

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

Verb

mentor

  1. to act as a mentor

Quotations

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

Danish

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

Inflection

Synonyms

  • læremester
  • vejleder

Further reading

  • mentor on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛn.tɔr/
  • Hyphenation: men‧tor

Noun

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

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

Synonyms

  • raadsman m
  • leidsman m, gids m

Derived terms

  • mentorspan n

Descendants

  • → Papiamentu: mèntòr

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Méntōr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɑ̃.tɔʁ/

Noun

mentor m (plural mentors)

  1. mentor, guide

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • monter
  • montre, montré

Norwegian Bokmål

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.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: men‧tor

Noun

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

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

Related terms

  • mente

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French mentor, from Latin mentor.

Noun

mentor m (plural mentori)

  1. mentor

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

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-.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

  1. mentor

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “mentor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Noun

mentor c

  1. A mentor

Declension

Anagrams

  • monter

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English mentor.

Noun

mentor m (plural mentoriaid)

  1. mentor

Mutation

References

  • 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.

Source: wiktionary.org