noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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1
noun
Meaning 1
The state of being intolerant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
Religious intolerance is a serious problem in Brazil.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; of a food that is generally considered edible, an individual inability to digest it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: medicine, sciences
Examples
lactose intolerance
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
impatience with annoyances
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
his intolerance of interruptions
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: impatience
4
noun
Meaning 4
unwillingness to recognize and respect differences in opinions or beliefs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Borrowed from French intolérance, itself from in- (“not”) + tolérance or borrowed from Latin intolerantia (“insolence, insufferableness; (very rare) intolerance”). By surface analysis, in- + tolerance.
Across languages
Translations
47 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
нетърпимост
(netǎrpimost)
— the state of being intolerant
Bulgarian:
нетолерантност
(netolerantnost)
— the state of being intolerant
Catalan:
intolerància
— the state of being intolerant
Chinese Mandarin:
不寬容 /不宽容
(bù kuānróng)
— the state of being intolerant
Czech:
nesnášenlivost
— the state of being intolerant
Dutch:
onverdraagzaamheid
— the state of being intolerant
Dutch:
intolerantie
— the state of being intolerant
Finnish:
suvaitsemattomuus
— the state of being intolerant
Finnish:
intoleranssi
— the state of being intolerant
French:
intolérance
— the state of being intolerant
German:
Intoleranz
— the state of being intolerant
Hindi:
असहिष्णुता
(ashiṣṇutā)
— the state of being intolerant
Hungarian:
intolerancia
— the state of being intolerant
Hungarian:
türelmetlenség
— the state of being intolerant
Icelandic:
umburðarleysi
— the state of being intolerant
Indonesian:
intoleransi
— the state of being intolerant
Irish:
éadulaingt
— the state of being intolerant
Italian:
intolleranza
— the state of being intolerant
Japanese:
不寛容
(fukan'yō)
— the state of being intolerant
Latin:
intolerantia
— the state of being intolerant
Malay:
intolerans
— the state of being intolerant
Malayalam:
അസഹിഷ്ണുത
(asahiṣṇuta)
— the state of being intolerant
Norwegian Bokmål:
intoleranse
— the state of being intolerant
Norwegian Nynorsk:
intoleranse
— the state of being intolerant
Polish:
nietolerancja
— the state of being intolerant
Portuguese:
intolerância
— the state of being intolerant
Romanian:
intoleranţă
— the state of being intolerant
Russian:
нетерпи́мость
(neterpímostʹ)
— the state of being intolerant
Sanskrit:
अक्षान्ति
(akṣānti)
— the state of being intolerant
Spanish:
intolerancia
— the state of being intolerant
Swedish:
intolerans
— the state of being intolerant
Ukrainian:
нетерпи́мість
(neterpýmistʹ)
— the state of being intolerant
Bulgarian:
алергия
(alergija)
— extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy
Bulgarian:
нетърпимост
(netǎrpimost)
— extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy
Dutch:
intolerantie
— extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy
Finnish:
intoleranssi
— extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy
German:
Intoleranz
— extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy
Hungarian:
intolerancia
— extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy
Icelandic:
óþol
— extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy
Italian:
intolleranza
— extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy
Norwegian Bokmål:
intoleranse
— extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy
Norwegian Nynorsk:
intoleranse
— extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy
Polish:
nietolerancja
— extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy
Portuguese:
intolerância
— extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy
Romanian:
intoleranţă
— extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy
Spanish:
intolerancia
— extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy
Swedish:
intolerans
— extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy
