tolerant
See also: tolérant
English
Etymology
From Old French tolerant, from Latin tolerans, present participle of tolerō (“endure”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɒləɹənt/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɑːləɹənt/
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
- intolerant
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
- tolerantism
- tolerantist
- tolerantly
Related terms
- tolerability
- tolerable
- tolerance
- tolerate
- toleration
Translations
tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something
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Further reading
- tolerant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- tolerant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
- tolerant at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Tarleton
Catalan
Etymology 1
From Latin tolerans.
Adjective
tolerant (masculine and feminine plural tolerants)
- tolerant
- Antonym: intolerant
Related terms
- tolerància
- tolerar
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
tolerant
- present participle of tolerar
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, 2023
- “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
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Adjective
tolerant (comparative toleranter, superlative tolerantst)
- tolerant
Inflection
| Inflection 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 | — | |
Related terms
- tolerantie
- tolereren
Descendants
- → Indonesian: toleran
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /toləˈʁant/
- Rhymes: -ant
Audio (file)
Adjective
tolerant (strong nominative masculine singular toleranter, comparative toleranter, superlative am tolerantesten)
- tolerant
Declension
Positive forms of tolerant
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist tolerant | sie ist tolerant | es ist tolerant | sie sind tolerant | |
| strong declension (without article) | nominative | toleranter | tolerante | tolerantes | tolerante |
| genitive | toleranten | toleranter | toleranten | toleranter | |
| dative | tolerantem | toleranter | tolerantem | toleranten | |
| accusative | toleranten | tolerante | tolerantes | tolerante | |
| weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der tolerante | die tolerante | das tolerante | die toleranten |
| genitive | des toleranten | der toleranten | des toleranten | der toleranten | |
| dative | dem toleranten | der toleranten | dem toleranten | den toleranten | |
| accusative | den toleranten | die tolerante | das tolerante | die toleranten | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein toleranter | eine tolerante | ein tolerantes | (keine) toleranten |
| genitive | eines toleranten | einer toleranten | eines toleranten | (keiner) toleranten | |
| dative | einem toleranten | einer toleranten | einem toleranten | (keinen) toleranten | |
| accusative | einen toleranten | eine tolerante | ein tolerantes | (keine) toleranten | |
Comparative forms of tolerant
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist toleranter | sie ist toleranter | es ist toleranter | sie sind toleranter | |
| strong declension (without article) | nominative | toleranterer | tolerantere | toleranteres | tolerantere |
| genitive | toleranteren | toleranterer | toleranteren | toleranterer | |
| dative | toleranterem | toleranterer | toleranterem | toleranteren | |
| accusative | toleranteren | tolerantere | toleranteres | tolerantere | |
| weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der tolerantere | die tolerantere | das tolerantere | die toleranteren |
| genitive | des toleranteren | der toleranteren | des toleranteren | der toleranteren | |
| dative | dem toleranteren | der toleranteren | dem toleranteren | den toleranteren | |
| accusative | den toleranteren | die tolerantere | das tolerantere | die toleranteren | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein toleranterer | eine tolerantere | ein toleranteres | (keine) toleranteren |
| genitive | eines toleranteren | einer toleranteren | eines toleranteren | (keiner) toleranteren | |
| dative | einem toleranteren | einer toleranteren | einem toleranteren | (keinen) toleranteren | |
| accusative | einen toleranteren | eine tolerantere | ein toleranteres | (keine) toleranteren | |
Superlative forms of tolerant
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist am tolerantesten | sie ist am tolerantesten | es ist am tolerantesten | sie sind am tolerantesten | |
| strong declension (without article) | nominative | tolerantester | toleranteste | tolerantestes | toleranteste |
| genitive | tolerantesten | tolerantester | tolerantesten | tolerantester | |
| dative | tolerantestem | tolerantester | tolerantestem | tolerantesten | |
| accusative | tolerantesten | toleranteste | tolerantestes | toleranteste | |
| weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der toleranteste | die toleranteste | das toleranteste | die tolerantesten |
| genitive | des tolerantesten | der tolerantesten | des tolerantesten | der tolerantesten | |
| dative | dem tolerantesten | der tolerantesten | dem tolerantesten | den tolerantesten | |
| accusative | den tolerantesten | die toleranteste | das toleranteste | die tolerantesten | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein tolerantester | eine toleranteste | ein tolerantestes | (keine) tolerantesten |
| genitive | eines tolerantesten | einer tolerantesten | eines tolerantesten | (keiner) tolerantesten | |
| dative | einem tolerantesten | einer tolerantesten | einem tolerantesten | (keinen) tolerantesten | |
| accusative | einen tolerantesten | eine toleranteste | ein tolerantestes | (keine) tolerantesten | |
Further reading
- “tolerant” in Duden online
- “tolerant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Latin
Verb
tolerant
- third-person plural present active indicative of tolerō "they bear, they endure, they tolerate"
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From French tolérant.
Adjective
tolerant (neuter singular tolerant, definite singular and plural tolerante)
- tolerant
References
- “tolerant” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From French tolérant.
Adjective
tolerant (neuter singular tolerant, definite singular and plural tolerante)
- tolerant
References
- “tolerant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Etymology
From French tolérant.
Adjective
tolerant m or n (feminine singular tolerantă, masculine plural toleranți, feminine and neuter plural tolerante)
- tolerant
Declension
Declension of tolerant
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- toleranță
Swedish
Adjective
tolerant (comparative tolerantare, superlative tolerantast)
- tolerant
Declension
| 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 | |||
Antonyms
- intolerant
Related terms
- tolerans
References
- tolerant in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- tolerant in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- tolerant in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams
- lotterna