tolerant

See also: tolérant

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɒləɹənt/
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  • (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

Borrowed from Latin tolerantem.

Adjective

tolerant m or f (masculine and feminine plural tolerants)

  1. tolerant
    Antonym: intolerant

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tolerant

  1. gerund of tolerar

Further reading

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)

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

Descendants

  • Indonesian: toleran

German

Pronunciation

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

tolerant (strong nominative masculine singular toleranter, comparative toleranter, superlative am tolerantesten)

  1. tolerant

Declension

Further reading

  • tolerant” in Duden online
  • tolerant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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

Borrowed from French tolérant.

Adjective

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

  1. tolerant

Declension

Swedish

Adjective

tolerant (comparative tolerantare, superlative tolerantast)

  1. tolerant

Declension

Inflection of tolerant
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular tolerant tolerantare tolerantast
Neuter singular tolerant tolerantare tolerantast
Plural toleranta tolerantare tolerantast
Masculine plural3 tolerante tolerantare tolerantast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 tolerante tolerantare tolerantaste
All toleranta tolerantare tolerantaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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