tolerant

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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)

  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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin tolerantem.

Adjective

tolerant m or f (masculine and feminine plural tolerants)

  1. tolerant
    Antonym: intolerant
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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tolerant

  1. gerund of tolerar

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

tolerant (comparative toleranter, superlative tolerantst)

  1. 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 —

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Descendants

  • → Indonesian: toleran

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. tolerant

Declension

Positive forms of tolerant
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
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
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
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

  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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French tolérant.

Adjective

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

  1. tolerant

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tolérant.

Adjective

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

  1. 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

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Swedish

Adjective

tolerant (comparative tolerantare, superlative tolerantast)

  1. 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

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