# tolerant
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈtɒləɹənt/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /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
### Further reading

* “tolerant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “tolerant”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
* “tolerant”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

### Anagrams

* Tarleton

## Catalan
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin tolerantem.

#### Adjective

tolerant m or f (masculine and feminine plural tolerants)
* tolerant
    Antonym: intolerant

##### Related terms

* tolerància
* tolerar

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

tolerant
* gerund 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, 2025
* “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.

## Danish
### Etymology

From French tolérant, derived from French tolérer, see Danish tolerere.

### Adjective

tolerant (neuter tolerant, plural and definite singular attributive tolerante)
* tolerant (of a person, act, or the like)
    Antonym: intolerant
* (especially medicine) tolerant (to a substance or the like)

#### Related terms

* tolerance

### References

* “tolerant” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from French tolérant.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /toː.ləˈrɑnt/, /tɔ-/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: to‧le‧rant
* Rhymes: -ɑnt

### Adjective

tolerant (comparative toleranter, superlative tolerantst)
* tolerant
    Synonym: verdraagzaam
    Antonyms: intolerant, onverdraagzaam

#### Related terms

* tolerabel
* tolerantie
* tolereren

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: toleran

### References

* van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “tolerant”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /toləˈʁant/
* Rhymes: -ant
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

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

#### Declension
### 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

Borrowed from French tolérant.

### Adjective

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

#### Related terms

* toleranță

## Swedish
### Adjective

tolerant (comparative tolerantare, superlative tolerantast)
* tolerant

#### Declension

$^1$ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. $^2$ Dated or archaic. $^3$ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

#### 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