tolerate

English

Etymology

From Latin tolerātus (past participle), from tolerō (“I endure”). Cognate with Old English þolian (“to tolerate, suffer, bear”). More at thole.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑl.ə.ɹeɪt/
• IPA^(key): /ˈtɒl.ə.ɹeɪt/

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Verb

tolerate (third-person singular simple present tolerates, present participle tolerating, simple past and past participle tolerated)

1. To allow (something that one dislikes or disagrees with) to exist or occur without interference.

   Synonyms: allow, bear, brook, endure, live with, put up with; see also Thesaurus:tolerate

   I like the way he plays the guitar, but I can't tolerate his voice when he sings.

   I can tolerate working on Saturdays, but not on Sundays.

Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing).

Related terms

• tolerability
• tolerable
• tolerance
• tolerant
• toleration

 

Translations

To allow (something that one dislikes or disagrees with)

• Arabic: اِحْتَمَلَ (iḥtamala)

  Egyptian Arabic: احتمل (iḥtamal)

• Armenian: հանդուրժել (hy) (handuržel)
• Bulgarian: толерирам (bg) (toleriram), търпя (bg) (tǎrpja)
• Catalan: tolerar (ca), suportar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 忍受 (jan² sau⁶), 捱 (ngaai⁴)

  Mandarin: 忍受 (zh) (rěnshòu), 熬 (zh) (áo)

• Czech: tolerovat (cs)
• Dutch: verdragen (nl), tolereren (nl), toelaten (nl), dulden (nl), gedogen (nl)
• Finnish: suvaita (fi), sietää (fi)
• French: tolérer (fr), supporter (fr), souffrir (fr)
• Galician: tolerar (gl)
• Georgian: თმენა (tmena), დაშვება (dašveba)
• German: tolerieren (de), dulden (de), vertragen (de)
• Haitian Creole: sipòte
• Hebrew: סָבַל (he) (savál)
• Hindi: सहना (hi) (sahnā)
• Ido: tolerar (io)
• Italian: tollerare (it), sopportare (it), accettare (it)
• Japanese: 黙認する (ja) (もくにんする, mokunin-surú)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: 참는다 (chamneunda)
• Latin: tolerō
• Luxembourgish: dëllen
• Macedonian: трпи (trpi), поднесува (podnesuva), толерира (tolerira)
• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: tolerere, tåle (no)
• Occitan: tolerar (oc), suportar (oc)
• Old English: ābīdan
• Portuguese: tolerar (pt), aguentar (pt), suportar (pt)
• Romanian: tolera (ro), suporta (ro), îngădui (ro)
• Russian: терпе́ть (ru) impf (terpétʹ), вы́терпеть (ru) pf (výterpetʹ), допуска́ть (ru) impf (dopuskátʹ), допусти́ть (ru) pf (dopustítʹ)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: tolerěrowaś impf

• Spanish: tolerar (es), soportar (es)
• Swedish: tolerera (sv)
• Tamil: தாங்கு (ta) (tāṅku), சகி (ta) (caki), பொறு (ta) (poṟu)
• Telugu: సహించు (te) (sahiñcu)
• Vietnamese: chịu đựng (vi)

Further reading

• “tolerate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “tolerate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “tolerate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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Esperanto

Adverb

tolerate

1. present adverbial passive participle of toleri

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) tolerāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of tolerō  "bear ye, endure ye, tolerate ye"

Participle

(deprecated template usage) tolerāte

1. vocative masculine singular of tolerātus