tolerant

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See also: tolérant

English

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Etymology

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

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Adjective

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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

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin tolerantem.

Adjective

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tolerant m or f (masculine and feminine plural tolerants)

  1. tolerant
    Antonym: intolerant
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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tolerant

  1. gerund of tolerar

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French tolérant.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /toː.ləˈrɑnt/, /tɔ-/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: to‧le‧rant
  • Rhymes: -ɑnt

Adjective

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tolerant (comparative toleranter, superlative tolerantst)

  1. tolerant
    Antonyms: intolerant, onverdraagzaam
    Synonym: verdraagzaam

Inflection

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Declension of tolerant
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
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Descendants

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  • Indonesian: toleran

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German

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

  1. tolerant

Declension

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Further reading

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

Latin

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Verb

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tolerant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of tolerō  "they bear, they endure, they tolerate"

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From French tolérant.

Adjective

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tolerant (neuter singular tolerant, definite singular and plural tolerante)

  1. tolerant

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From French tolérant.

Adjective

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tolerant (neuter singular tolerant, definite singular and plural tolerante)

  1. tolerant

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French tolérant.

Adjective

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

  1. tolerant

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Swedish

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Adjective

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tolerant (comparative tolerantare, superlative tolerantast)

  1. tolerant

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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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