tolerance

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtɒl.ə.ɹəns/
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• General-American, dialectal: /ˈtɑ.lə.ɹəns/ of Canada
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• Canada, dialectal: /ˈtɒl.ə.ɹəns/ of the US
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• Australian: /ˈtɔl.ə.ɹəns/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈtɒl.ə.ɹəns/
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• New-Zealand: [ˈtɔ̟l.ə.ɹəns]
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• CMU ARPABET: T AA1 L ER0 AH0 N S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Inherited from Middle English toleraunce, borrowed from Old French tolerance, from Latin tolerantia (“endurance”), from tolerāns, present participle of, and participial adjective from Latin tolerō (“to endure”).

105 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: تَحَمُّل (taḥammul) — ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance
• Azerbaijani: dözüm — ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance
• Bengali: সহন (śohon) — ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance
• Bulgarian: търпимост (tǎrpimost) — ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance
• Finnish: kestokyky — ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance
• Finnish: kestävyys — ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance
• Georgian: გამძლეობა (gamʒleoba) — ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance
• Georgian: ამტანობა (amṭanoba) — ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance
• Georgian: ამტანიანობა (amṭanianoba) — ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance
• German: Toleranz — ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance
• Greek: ανοχή (anochí) — ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance
• Irish: fulaingt — ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance
• Italian: tolleranza — ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance
• Norwegian Bokmål: toleranse — ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance
• Persian: بردباری (bordbâri) — ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance
• Persian: تاوندگی (tāvandegi) — ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance
• Romanian: rezistență — ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance
• Romanian: toleranță — ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance
• Russian: терпе́ние (terpénije) — ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance
• Spanish: tolerancia — ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance
• Telugu: సహనం (sahanaṁ) — ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance
• Turkish: hoşgörü — ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance
• Turkish: müsamaha — ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance
• Turkish: tolerans — ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance
• Turkish: anlayış — ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance
• Arabic: تَسَامُح (tasāmuḥ) — ability or practice of tolerating
• Armenian: հանդուրժողականություն (handuržoġakanutʻyun) — ability or practice of tolerating
• Azerbaijani: tolerantlıq — ability or practice of tolerating
• Azerbaijani: dözümlülük — ability or practice of tolerating
• Bengali: ক্ষমা (khoma) — ability or practice of tolerating
• Bulgarian: толерантност (tolerantnost) — ability or practice of tolerating
• Catalan: tolerància — ability or practice of tolerating
• Chinese Mandarin: 寬容 /宽容 (kuānróng) — ability or practice of tolerating
• Czech: snášenlivost — ability or practice of tolerating
• Czech: tolerance — ability or practice of tolerating
• Danish: tolerance — ability or practice of tolerating
• Dutch: verdraagzaamheid — ability or practice of tolerating
• Dutch: tolerantie — ability or practice of tolerating
• Esperanto: tolereco — ability or practice of tolerating
• Finnish: suvaitsevaisuus — ability or practice of tolerating
• French: tolérance — ability or practice of tolerating
• Georgian: შემწყნარებლობა (šemc̣q̇narebloba) — ability or practice of tolerating
• Georgian: ტოლერანტობა (ṭoleranṭoba) — ability or practice of tolerating
• Georgian: ტოლერანტულობა (ṭoleranṭuloba) — ability or practice of tolerating
• German: Toleranz — ability or practice of tolerating
• Greek: ανοχή (anochí) — ability or practice of tolerating
• Greek: ανεκτικότητα (anektikótita) — ability or practice of tolerating
• Ancient Greek: ἀνοχή (anokhḗ) — ability or practice of tolerating
• Hebrew: סובלנות — ability or practice of tolerating
• Indonesian: toleransi — ability or practice of tolerating
• Indonesian: tenggang rasa — ability or practice of tolerating
• Indonesian: tasamuh — ability or practice of tolerating
• Italian: tolleranza — ability or practice of tolerating
• Japanese: 寛容 (kan'yō) — ability or practice of tolerating
• Kazakh: толеранттық (toleranttyq) — ability or practice of tolerating
• Kazakh: төзімділік (tözımdılık) — ability or practice of tolerating
• Kazakh: тағаттылық (tağattylyq) — ability or practice of tolerating
• Kazakh: шыдамдылық (şydamdylyq) — ability or practice of tolerating
• Kazakh: толеранттылық (toleranttylyq) — ability or practice of tolerating
• Kazakh: көнбістік (könbıstık) — ability or practice of tolerating
• Latvian: tolerance — ability or practice of tolerating
• Lithuanian: tolerancija — ability or practice of tolerating
• Lithuanian: pakantumas — ability or practice of tolerating
• Lithuanian: pakanta — ability or practice of tolerating
• Malayalam: സഹിഷ്ണുത (sahiṣṇuta) — ability or practice of tolerating
• Norman: toléthance — ability or practice of tolerating
• Norwegian Bokmål: toleranse — ability or practice of tolerating
• Norwegian Nynorsk: toleranse — ability or practice of tolerating
• Persian: مدارامنشی (modârâ-maneši) — ability or practice of tolerating
• Persian: رواداری (ravâdâri) — ability or practice of tolerating
• Polish: tolerancja — ability or practice of tolerating
• Portuguese: tolerância — ability or practice of tolerating
• Romanian: toleranță — ability or practice of tolerating
• Russian: терпи́мость (terpímostʹ) — ability or practice of tolerating
• Russian: толера́нтность (tolerántnostʹ) — ability or practice of tolerating
• Russian: толера́стия (tolerástija) — ability or practice of tolerating
• Samogitian: tuolerancėjė — ability or practice of tolerating
• Serbo-Croatian: tolerancija — ability or practice of tolerating
• Serbo-Croatian: podnošljivost — ability or practice of tolerating
• Serbo-Croatian: trpeljivost — ability or practice of tolerating
• Spanish: tolerancia — ability or practice of tolerating
• Swedish: tolerans — ability or practice of tolerating
• Swedish: fördragsamhet — ability or practice of tolerating
• Telugu: సహనం (sahanaṁ) — ability or practice of tolerating
• Turkish: tolerans — ability or practice of tolerating
• Ukrainian: терпи́мість (terpýmistʹ) — ability or practice of tolerating
• Ukrainian: толера́нтність (tolerántnistʹ) — ability or practice of tolerating
• Finnish: vastustuskyky — ability of the body to resist the action of a poison or infection
• Bulgarian: толеранс (tolerans) — permitted deviation from standard
• Chinese Cantonese: 公差 (gung1 caa1) — permitted deviation from standard
• Chinese Mandarin: 公差 (gōngchā) — permitted deviation from standard
• Danish: tolerance — permitted deviation from standard
• Finnish: toleranssi — permitted deviation from standard
• French: tolérance — permitted deviation from standard
• German: Toleranz — permitted deviation from standard
• Greek: ανοχή (anochí) — permitted deviation from standard
• Norwegian Bokmål: toleranse — permitted deviation from standard
• Norwegian Nynorsk: toleranse — permitted deviation from standard
• Romanian: toleranță — permitted deviation from standard
• Romanian: acceptare — permitted deviation from standard
• Russian: до́пуск (dópusk) — permitted deviation from standard
• Spanish: tolerancia — permitted deviation from standard
• Swedish: tolerans — permitted deviation from standard
• Turkish: tolerans — permitted deviation from standard
• Finnish: toleranssi — ability of the body to accept a tissue graft without rejection