tolerable

See also: tolérable

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French tolerable, from Latin tolerābilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑləɹəbl̩/
• IPA^(key): /ˈtɒləɹəbl̩/
• Hyphenation: tol‧er‧able

Adjective

tolerable (comparative more tolerable, superlative most tolerable)

1. Capable of being borne, tolerated or endured; bearable or endurable.
2. Moderate in degree; mediocre; passable, acceptable or so-so.
3. Such as to be tolerated or countenanced; permissible; allowable.
4. In fair health; passably well.

Antonyms

• intolerable

Derived terms

• intolerable
• tolerability
• tolerableness
• tolerablish
• tolerably

 

Related terms

• tolerance
• tolerant
• tolerate

 

Translations

Capable of being borne, tolerated or endured; bearable or endurable

• Catalan: tolerable (ca)
• Czech: snesitelný (cs)
• Esperanto: tolerebla
• Finnish: siedettävä (fi)
• French: tolérable (fr)
• Galician: tolerable (gl)
• German: erträglich (de)
• Greek: ανεκτός (el) (anektós)

  Ancient: ἀνεκτός (anektós)

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• Latin: tolerābilis
• Polish: znośny (pl)
• Portuguese: tolerável (pt)
• Romanian: tolerabil (ro)
• Russian: выносимый (ru) (vynosimyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: meadhanach
• Spanish: tolerable (es)
• Swedish: tolerabel (sv), dräglig (sv)

Moderate in degree; mediocre; passable, acceptable or so-so

• Finnish: välttävä (fi)
• German: passabel (de)
• Hungarian: tűrhető (hu)
• Irish: réasúnta
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• Portuguese: tolerável (pt), sofrível (pt)
• Scottish Gaelic: meadhanach, cuibheasach
• Swedish: okej (sv), dräglig (sv), acceptabel (sv)

Such as to be tolerated or countenanced; permissible; allowable

• Portuguese: tolerado
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In fair health; passably well

• Finnish: välttävä (fi)
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• Scottish Gaelic: meadhanach

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• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} tolerabel (nl)
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• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} soportable, ^{(please verify)} tolerable (es), ^{(please verify)} aceptable (es)

Adverb

tolerable (comparative more tolerable, superlative most tolerable)

1. (dialect) tolerably; passably; moderately.

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin tolerābilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [tu.ləˈɾab.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [to.ləˈɾab.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [to.leˈɾa.ble]

Adjective

tolerable m or f (masculine and feminine plural tolerables)

1. tolerable

   Antonym: intolerable

Derived terms

• tolerabilitat

Related terms

• tolerar

Further reading

• “tolerable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “tolerable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “tolerable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “tolerable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Galician

Alternative forms

• tolerábel

Etymology

From Latin tolerābilis.

Adjective

tolerable m or f (plural tolerables)

1. tolerable

   Antonym: intolerable

Related terms

• tolerar

Further reading

• “tolerable”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin tolerābilis.

Adjective

tolerable m or f (masculine and feminine plural tolerables)

1. tolerable

   Antonym: intolerable

Derived terms

• tolerabilidad

Related terms

• tolerar

Further reading

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