indulgent

English

Etymology

From Latin indulgēns, indulgentem, present participle of indulgēre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈdʌld͡ʒənt/

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• Hyphenation: in‧dul‧gent

Adjective

indulgent (comparative more indulgent, superlative most indulgent)

1. Disposed or prone to indulge, humor, gratify, or yield to one's own or another's desires, etc., or to be compliant, lenient, or forbearing;

   an indulgent parent

   to be indulgent to servants

   • 1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part I, London: Collins, →ISBN:

     An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.

   • 2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     Mr. Burns is similarly perfectly cast as a heartless capitalist willing to do anything for a quick buck, even if it means endangering the lives of those around him and Marge elegantly rounds out the main cast as a good, pure-hearted and overly indulgent woman who sees the big, good heart (literally and metaphorically) of a monstrous man-brute.

Synonyms

• forbearing
• gentle
• lenient
• tolerant

Derived terms

• indulgential
• indulgently
• self-indulgent

Related terms

• indulge
• indulgement
• indulgence
• indulgency
• indulger
• indulgiate

Translations

prone to indulge

• Belarusian: паблажлівы (pablažlivy), патураючы (paturajučy)
• Bulgarian: снизходителен (bg) (snizhoditelen), отстъпчив (bg) (otstǎpčiv)
• Catalan: indulgent (ca)
• Dutch: toegeeflijk (nl)
• Finnish: lempeä (fi), suopea (fi), hyväntahtoinen (fi), myöntyväinen (fi), anteeksiantavainen
• French: indulgent (fr)
• German: nachgiebig (de), zu verwöhnen tendierend, verwöhnen wollend
• Hungarian: elnéző (hu), engedékeny (hu), vajszívű (hu)
• Ido: indulgema (io)
• Latin: indulgens
• Macedonian: по́пустлив (pópustliv), сни́сходлив (sníshodliv)
• Marathi: निरत असणारा (nirat asṇārā), कोडकौतुक करणारा (koḍkautuk karṇārā)
• Portuguese: indulgente (pt)
• Romanian: indulgent (ro)
• Russian: снисходи́тельный (ru) (snisxodítelʹnyj), потака́ющий (ru) (potakájuščij)
• Spanish: indulgente (es)
• Swedish: svag (sv), överseende (sv), tillåtande (sv), eftergiven (sv)
• Turkish: uysal (tr)
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

indulging oneself

• German: ausgelassen (de), sich verwöhnend, sich etwas gönnend
• Marathi: सुखलोलुप (sukhlolup), स्वसुखलोलुप (svasukhlolup)

gentle, lenient, forbearing, tolerant

• German: mild (de), nachsichtig (de), duldsam (de), gutmütig (de)
• Marathi: सौम्य (saumya), क्षमावान (kṣamāvān)

Further reading

• “indulgent”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.dyl.ʒɑ̃/

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Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin indulgēns.

Adjective

indulgent (feminine indulgente, masculine plural indulgents, feminine plural indulgentes)

1. lenient (tolerant; not strict)

Related terms

• indulgence
• indulger

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form..

Verb

indulgent

1. third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of indulger

Further reading

• “indulgent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

indulgent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of indulgeō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French indulgent, from Latin indulgens.

Adjective

indulgent m or n (feminine singular indulgentă, masculine plural indulgenți, feminine and neuter plural indulgente)

1. indulgent

Declension

Declension of indulgent

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	indulgent		indulgentă	indulgenți	indulgente
	definite	indulgentul		indulgenta	indulgenții	indulgentele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	indulgent		indulgente	indulgenți	indulgente
	definite	indulgentului		indulgentei	indulgenților	indulgentelor