intolerant
English
Etymology
From French intolérant, equivalent to in- + tolerant.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪnˈtɑləɹənt/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnˈtɒləɹənt/
Audio (US): (file) - Hyphenation: in‧tol‧er‧ant
Adjective
intolerant (comparative more intolerant, superlative most intolerant)
- Unable or indisposed to tolerate, endure or bear.
- I am lactose-intolerant, so I can't drink milk.
- 2013, Sarah Taylor, Vegetarian to Vegan: Give Up Dairy, Give Up Eggs for Good:
- When our bodies no longer create the enzyme needed to break down lactose, we can become intolerant to it.
- 1892, Harry Marshall Ward, The Oak: A Popular Introduction to Forest-botany:
- The oak, as is well known, is a slow-growing, dicotyledonous tree of peculiar spreading habit, and very intolerant of shade.
- 1751, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Effects of Air on Human Bodies:
- The powers of human bodies being limited and intolerant of excesses.
- Not tolerant; close-minded about new or different ideas; indisposed to tolerate contrary opinions or beliefs; impatient of dissent or opposition; denying or refusing the right of private opinion or choice in others; inclined to persecute or suppress dissent.
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Noun
intolerant (plural intolerants)
- One who is intolerant; a bigot.
- 1856, John David Chambers, Strictures, legal and historical, on the judgment of the Consistory Court of London, in December, 1855, in the Case of Westerton Versus Liddell:
- […] a portion of the prejudice which darkened the spirits of these intolerants, might perhaps have cast its shadow over him.
References
- “intolerant”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “intolerant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin intolerantem.
Adjective
intolerant m or f (masculine and feminine plural intolerants)
- intolerant
- Antonym: tolerant
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Further reading
- “intolerant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “intolerant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “intolerant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “intolerant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
intolerant (strong nominative masculine singular intoleranter, comparative intoleranter, superlative am intolerantesten)
Declension
Further reading
- “intolerant” in Duden online
- “intolerant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French intolérant. Equivalent to in- + tolerant.
Adjective
intolerant m or n (feminine singular intolerantă, masculine plural intoleranți, feminine and neuter plural intolerante)
Declension
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | intolerant | intolerantă | intoleranți | intolerante | ||
definite | intolerantul | intoleranta | intoleranții | intolerantele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | intolerant | intolerante | intoleranți | intolerante | ||
definite | intolerantului | intolerantei | intoleranților | intolerantelor |
Swedish
Adjective
intolerant (comparative intolerantare, superlative intolerantast)
- intolerant (of a person, act, or the like)
- Antonym: tolerant
- (especially medicine) intolerant (to a substance or the like)
- Antonym: (verb) tåla
- laktosintolerant
- lactose intolerant
Declension
Inflection of intolerant | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | intolerant | intolerantare | intolerantast |
Neuter singular | intolerant | intolerantare | intolerantast |
Plural | intoleranta | intolerantare | intolerantast |
Masculine plural3 | intolerante | intolerantare | intolerantast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | intolerante | intolerantare | intolerantaste |
All | intoleranta | intolerantare | intolerantaste |
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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