tolerant

See also: tolérant

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɒləɹənt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɑːləɹənt/

Adjective

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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Translations

Further reading

  • tolerant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • tolerant in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • tolerant at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

Catalan

Verb

tolerant

  1. present participle of tolerar

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Adjective

tolerant (comparative toleranter, superlative tolerantst)

  1. tolerant

Inflection

Inflection of tolerant
uninflected tolerant
inflected tolerante
comparative toleranter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial toleranttoleranterhet tolerantst
het tolerantste
indefinite m./f. sing. tolerantetoleranteretolerantste
n. sing. toleranttolerantertolerantste
plural tolerantetoleranteretolerantste
definite tolerantetoleranteretolerantste
partitive tolerantstoleranters—

German

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

tolerant (comparative toleranter, superlative am tolerantesten)

  1. tolerant

Declension

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

Further reading

Latin

Verb

tolerant

  1. 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)

  1. tolerant

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French tolérant

Adjective

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

  1. tolerant

References

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