different between changeable vs intolerant

English

Etymology

From Old French changeable

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??e?nd???b?l/

Adjective

changeable (comparative more changeable, superlative most changeable)

1. Capable of being changed.
2. Subject to sudden or frequent changes.

3. (of a species) Capable of camouflaging itself by changing colour.

Synonyms

• (capable of being changed): alterable, modifiable, variable; see also Thesaurus:mutable
• (subject to sudden or frequent changes): fickle, labile, variable; see also Thesaurus:changeable
• (capable of camouflaging): chameleonic

Derived terms

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.?abl/

Adjective

changeable (plural changeables)

1. changeable (capable of being changed)

Related terms

• see changer

Further reading

• “changeable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From French intolérant.

Pronunciation

Adjective

intolerant (comparative more intolerant, superlative most intolerant)

1. Unable or indisposed to tolerate, endure or bear.

   I am lactose-intolerant, so I can't drink milk.

   • 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.
2. 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.

Related terms

• intolerance
• intolerantly
• intolerate
• intoleration
• tolerance
• tolerant

Translations

Noun

intolerant (plural intolerants)

1. One who is intolerant; a bigot.

References

• intolerant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• intolerant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin intolerans.

Adjective

intolerant (masculine and feminine plural intolerants)

1. intolerant

   Antonym: tolerant

Derived terms

• intolerantment

Related terms

• intolerància

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.
• “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

• Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

intolerant (comparative intoleranter, superlative am intolerantesten)

1. intolerant

Declension

Further reading

• “intolerant” in Duden online

Romanian

Etymology

From French intolérant.

Adjective

intolerant m or n (feminine singular intolerant?, masculine plural intoleran?i, feminine and neuter plural intolerante)

1. intolerant

Declension