tolerant

See also: tolérant

English

Etymology

From Old French tolerant, from Latin tolerans, present participle of tolerō (endure).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɒləɹənt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɑːləɹənt/

Adjective

tolerant (comparative more tolerant, superlative most tolerant)

  1. tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something
    He's pretty tolerant of different political views, but don't ask him about religion.
  2. tending to withstand or survive
    These plants are tolerant of drought and sunlight.

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Catalan

Etymology 1

From Latin tolerans.

Adjective

tolerant (masculine and feminine plural tolerants)

  1. tolerant
    Antonym: intolerant

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

tolerant

  1. present participle of tolerar

Further reading


Dutch

Pronunciation

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Adjective

tolerant (comparative toleranter, superlative tolerantst)

  1. tolerant

Inflection

Inflection of tolerant
uninflected tolerant
inflected tolerante
comparative toleranter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial toleranttoleranterhet tolerantst
het tolerantste
indefinite m./f. sing. tolerantetoleranteretolerantste
n. sing. toleranttolerantertolerantste
plural tolerantetoleranteretolerantste
definite tolerantetoleranteretolerantste
partitive tolerantstoleranters

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /toləˈʁant/
  • Rhymes: -ant
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Adjective

tolerant (comparative toleranter, superlative am tolerantesten)

  1. tolerant

Declension

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Latin

Verb

tolerant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of tolerō  "they bear, they endure, they tolerate"

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French tolérant

Adjective

tolerant (neuter singular tolerant, definite singular and plural tolerante)

  1. tolerant

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French tolérant

Adjective

tolerant (neuter singular tolerant, definite singular and plural tolerante)

  1. tolerant

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Romanian

Etymology

From French tolérant.

Adjective

tolerant m or n (feminine singular tolerantă, masculine plural toleranți, feminine and neuter plural tolerante)

  1. tolerant

Declension

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