different between provincial vs intolerant

English

Etymology

From Old French provincial, from Latin provincialis (“province”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p???v?n(t)??l/, /p???v?n(t)??l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /p???v?n(t)??l/, /p???v?n(t)??l/

Adjective

provincial (comparative more provincial, superlative most provincial)

1. Of or pertaining to a province.

2. Constituting a province.
3. Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province.
   • 1856, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Samuel Johnson

     […] fond of exhibiting provincial airs and graces.

4. Not cosmopolitan; backwoodsy, hick, yokelish, countrified; not polished; rude
   • 2011, KD McCrite, In Front of God and Everybody

     That awful little Cedar Whatever is no thriving megalopolis, and you people are so provincial, it's appalling.

5. Narrow; illiberal.
6. Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical.

7. Limited in outlook; narrow.

Synonyms

• rural

Derived terms

• provincially

Translations

Noun

provincial (plural provincials)

1. A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial.
2. (Roman Catholicism) A monastic superior, who, under the general of his order, has the direction of all the religious houses of the same fraternity in a given district, called a province of the order.
   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 700:

     The Franciscan provincial Diego de Landa set up a local Inquisition which unleashed a campaign of interrogation and torture on the Indio population.

3. A country bumpkin.

Translations

Catalan

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

provincial (masculine and feminine plural provincials)

1. provincial

French

Etymology

From Latin provincialis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??.v??.sjal/

Adjective

provincial (feminine singular provinciale, masculine plural provinciaux, feminine plural provinciales)

1. provincial

Derived terms

• provincialement
• provincialisme

Noun

provincial m (plural provinciaux)

1. people from the provinces/regions

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Adjective

provincial (plural provinciais, comparable)

1. provincial

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin provincialis

Noun

provincial m (plural provinciali)

1. provincial

Declension

Related terms

• provincialism
• provincie

Spanish

Adjective

provincial (plural provinciales)

1. provincial

Derived terms

• audiencia provincial

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