tolerant
English
Etymology
From Old French tolerant, from Latin tolerans, present participle of tolerō (“endure”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
tolerant (comparative more tolerant, superlative most tolerant)
- Tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something.
- He's pretty tolerant of different political views, but don't ask him about religion.
- Tending to withstand or survive.
- These plants are tolerant of drought and sunlight.
Antonyms
Hyponyms
- acidotolerant
- aerotolerant
- alkalitolerant
- alkalotolerant
- autotolerant
- barotolerant
- chaotolerant
- cryotolerant
- drought-tolerant
- eurytolerant
- extremotolerant
- fault-tolerant
- halotolerant
- hypertolerant
- immunotolerant
- metallotolerant
- metalotolerant
- nontolerant
- normoglucotolerant
- normotolerant
- osmotolerant
- piezotolerant
- polyextremotolerant
- psychrotolerant
- radiotolerant
- thermotolerant
- trypanotolerant
- xerotolerant
Derived terms
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Translations
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Further reading
- “tolerant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “tolerant”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “tolerant”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin tolerantem.
Adjective
tolerant m or f (masculine and feminine plural tolerants)
- tolerant
- Antonym: intolerant
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
tolerant
Further reading
- “tolerant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “tolerant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “tolerant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “tolerant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French tolérant.
Pronunciation
Adjective
tolerant (comparative toleranter, superlative tolerantst)
- tolerant
- Antonyms: intolerant, onverdraagzaam
- Synonym: verdraagzaam
Inflection
Declension of tolerant | ||||
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uninflected | tolerant | |||
inflected | tolerante | |||
comparative | toleranter | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | tolerant | toleranter | het tolerantst het tolerantste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | tolerante | tolerantere | tolerantste |
n. sing. | tolerant | toleranter | tolerantste | |
plural | tolerante | tolerantere | tolerantste | |
definite | tolerante | tolerantere | tolerantste | |
partitive | tolerants | toleranters | — |
Related terms
Descendants
- → Indonesian: toleran
References
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “tolerant”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
tolerant (strong nominative masculine singular toleranter, comparative toleranter, superlative am tolerantesten)
Declension
Further reading
Latin
Verb
tolerant
- third-person plural present active indicative of tolerō "they bear, they endure, they tolerate"
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Adjective
tolerant (neuter singular tolerant, definite singular and plural tolerante)
References
- “tolerant” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Adjective
tolerant (neuter singular tolerant, definite singular and plural tolerante)
References
- “tolerant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French tolérant.
Adjective
tolerant m or n (feminine singular tolerantă, masculine plural toleranți, feminine and neuter plural tolerante)
Declension
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | tolerant | tolerantă | toleranți | tolerante | ||
definite | tolerantul | toleranta | toleranții | tolerantele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | tolerant | tolerante | toleranți | tolerante | ||
definite | tolerantului | tolerantei | toleranților | tolerantelor |
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Swedish
Adjective
tolerant (comparative tolerantare, superlative tolerantast)
Declension
Inflection of tolerant | |||
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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 |
Antonyms
Related terms
References
- tolerant in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- tolerant in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- tolerant in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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