tolerate

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtɒl.ə.ɹeɪt/
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• Atlantic-Canada, General-American: /ˈtɑ.lə.ɹeɪt/
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• Canada, dialectal: /ˈtɒl.ə.ɹeɪt/ of the US
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• Australian: /ˈtɔl.ə.ɹæɪt/
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• New-Zealand: [ˈtɔ̟l.ə.ɹæɪt]
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• CMU ARPABET: T AA1 L ER0 EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Latin tolerātus, the perfect passive participle of tolerō (“to endure”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with Old English þolian (“to tolerate, suffer, bear”) and French tolérer. More at thole.

91 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: اِحْتَمَلَ (iḥtamala) — To allow without explicit approval
• Arabic: احتمل (iḥtamal) — To allow without explicit approval
• Armenian: հանդուրժել (handuržel) — To allow without explicit approval
• Bulgarian: толерирам (toleriram) — To allow without explicit approval
• Bulgarian: търпя (tǎrpja) — To allow without explicit approval
• Catalan: tolerar — To allow without explicit approval
• Catalan: suportar — To allow without explicit approval
• Chinese Cantonese: 忍受 (jan2 sau6) — To allow without explicit approval
• Chinese Cantonese: 捱 (ngaai4) — To allow without explicit approval
• Chinese Mandarin: 忍受 (rěnshòu) — To allow without explicit approval
• Chinese Mandarin: 熬 (áo) — To allow without explicit approval
• Czech: tolerovat — To allow without explicit approval
• Dutch: verdragen — To allow without explicit approval
• Dutch: tolereren — To allow without explicit approval
• Dutch: toelaten — To allow without explicit approval
• Dutch: dulden — To allow without explicit approval
• Dutch: gedogen — To allow without explicit approval
• Finnish: suvaita — To allow without explicit approval
• Finnish: sietää — To allow without explicit approval
• French: tolérer — To allow without explicit approval
• French: supporter — To allow without explicit approval
• French: souffrir — To allow without explicit approval
• Galician: tolerar — To allow without explicit approval
• Georgian: თმენა (tmena) — To allow without explicit approval
• Georgian: დაშვება (dašveba) — To allow without explicit approval
• German: tolerieren — To allow without explicit approval
• German: dulden — To allow without explicit approval
• German: vertragen — To allow without explicit approval
• Greek: ανέχομαι (anéchomai) — To allow without explicit approval
• Haitian Creole: sipòte — To allow without explicit approval
• Hebrew: סָבַל (savál) — To allow without explicit approval
• Hindi: सहना (sahnā) — To allow without explicit approval
• Ido: tolerar — To allow without explicit approval
• Ingrian: siitää — To allow without explicit approval
• Irish: cuir suas le — To allow without explicit approval
• Italian: tollerare — To allow without explicit approval
• Italian: sopportare — To allow without explicit approval
• Italian: accettare — To allow without explicit approval
• Japanese: 黙認する (mokunin-surú) — To allow without explicit approval
• Korean: 참는다 (chamneunda) — To allow without explicit approval
• Latin: tolerō — To allow without explicit approval
• Luxembourgish: dëllen — To allow without explicit approval
• Macedonian: трпи (trpi) — To allow without explicit approval
• Macedonian: поднесува (podnesuva) — To allow without explicit approval
• Macedonian: толерира (tolerira) — To allow without explicit approval
• Norwegian: tolerere — To allow without explicit approval
• Norwegian: tåle — To allow without explicit approval
• Occitan: tolerar — To allow without explicit approval
• Occitan: suportar — To allow without explicit approval
• Old English: ābīdan — To allow without explicit approval
• Persian: تاویدن (tāvidan) — To allow without explicit approval
• Persian: تاوستن (tāvestan) — To allow without explicit approval
• Polish: tolerować — To allow without explicit approval
• Portuguese: tolerar — To allow without explicit approval
• Portuguese: aguentar — To allow without explicit approval
• Portuguese: suportar — To allow without explicit approval
• Romanian: tolera — To allow without explicit approval
• Romanian: suporta — To allow without explicit approval
• Romanian: îngădui — To allow without explicit approval
• Russian: терпе́ть (terpétʹ) — To allow without explicit approval
• Russian: вы́терпеть (výterpetʹ) — To allow without explicit approval
• Russian: допуска́ть (dopuskátʹ) — To allow without explicit approval
• Russian: допусти́ть (dopustítʹ) — To allow without explicit approval
• Russian: толери́ровать (tolerírovatʹ) — To allow without explicit approval
• Lower Sorbian: tolerěrowaś — To allow without explicit approval
• Spanish: tolerar — To allow without explicit approval
• Spanish: soportar — To allow without explicit approval
• Spanish: aguantar — To allow without explicit approval
• Swedish: tolerera — To allow without explicit approval
• Tamil: தாங்கு (tāṅku) — To allow without explicit approval
• Tamil: சகி (caki) — To allow without explicit approval
• Tamil: பொறு (poṟu) — To allow without explicit approval
• Telugu: సహించు (sahiñcu) — To allow without explicit approval
• Ukrainian: допуска́ти (dopuskáty) — To allow without explicit approval
• Ukrainian: допусти́ти (dopustýty) — To allow without explicit approval
• Ukrainian: толерува́ти (toleruváty) — To allow without explicit approval
• Vietnamese: chịu đựng — To allow without explicit approval
• Yiddish: טאָלערירן (tolerirn) — To allow without explicit approval
• Greek: ανέχομαι (anéchomai) — to bear, withstand — see also bear, put up with, stand
• Russian: терпе́ть (terpétʹ) — to bear, withstand — see also bear, put up with, stand
• Russian: потерпе́ть (poterpétʹ) — to bear, withstand — see also bear, put up with, stand
• Russian: вы́терпеть (výterpetʹ) — to bear, withstand — see also bear, put up with, stand
• Russian: сноси́ть (snosítʹ) — to bear, withstand — see also bear, put up with, stand
• Russian: снести́ (snestí) — to bear, withstand — see also bear, put up with, stand
• Russian: толери́ровать (tolerírovatʹ) — to bear, withstand — see also bear, put up with, stand
• Ukrainian: терпі́ти (terpíty) — to bear, withstand — see also bear, put up with, stand
• Ukrainian: потерпі́ти (poterpíty) — to bear, withstand — see also bear, put up with, stand
• Ukrainian: зно́сити (znósyty) — to bear, withstand — see also bear, put up with, stand
• Ukrainian: знести́ (znestý) — to bear, withstand — see also bear, put up with, stand
• Ukrainian: толерува́ти (toleruváty) — to bear, withstand — see also bear, put up with, stand
• Yiddish: טאָלערירן (tolerirn) — to bear, withstand — see also bear, put up with, stand