tolerant
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French tolerant, from Latin tolerans, present participle of tolerō (“endure”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]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
[edit]Hyponyms
[edit]- 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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[edit]Translations
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Further reading
[edit]- “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
[edit]Catalan
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Latin tolerantem.
Adjective
[edit]tolerant m or f (masculine and feminine plural tolerants)
- tolerant
- Antonym: intolerant
Related terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]tolerant
Further reading
[edit]- “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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French tolérant.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]tolerant (comparative toleranter, superlative tolerantst)
- tolerant
- Antonyms: intolerant, onverdraagzaam
- Synonym: verdraagzaam
Inflection
[edit]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
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Indonesian: toleran
References
[edit]- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “tolerant”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]tolerant (strong nominative masculine singular toleranter, comparative toleranter, superlative am tolerantesten)
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]Latin
[edit]Verb
[edit]tolerant
- third-person plural present active indicative of tolerō "they bear, they endure, they tolerate"
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]tolerant (neuter singular tolerant, definite singular and plural tolerante)
References
[edit]- “tolerant” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]tolerant (neuter singular tolerant, definite singular and plural tolerante)
References
[edit]- “tolerant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French tolérant.
Adjective
[edit]tolerant m or n (feminine singular tolerantă, masculine plural toleranți, feminine and neuter plural tolerante)
Declension
[edit]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 |
Related terms
[edit]Swedish
[edit]Adjective
[edit]tolerant (comparative tolerantare, superlative tolerantast)
Declension
[edit]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
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[edit]References
[edit]- tolerant in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- tolerant in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- tolerant in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams
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- Rhymes:Dutch/ɑnt
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɑnt/3 syllables
- Dutch lemmas
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- Rhymes:German/ant
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