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
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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
Pronunciation edit
Audio: (file)
Adjective edit
tolerant (comparative toleranter, superlative tolerantst)
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 | — |
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Descendants edit
- → Indonesian: toleran
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 |
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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 edit
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References edit
- tolerant in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- tolerant in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- tolerant in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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