different between tolerable vs tolerate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French tolerable, from Latin toler?bilis.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?t?l???bl?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t?l???bl?/
• Hyphenation: tol?er?able

Adjective

tolerable (comparative more tolerable, superlative most tolerable)

1. Capable of being borne, tolerated or endured; bearable or endurable.
2. Moderate in degree; mediocre; passable, acceptable or so-so.
3. Such as to be tolerated or countenanced; permissible; allowable.
4. In fair health; passably well.

Antonyms

• intolerable

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Adverb

tolerable (comparative more tolerable, superlative most tolerable)

1. (dialect) tolerably; passably; moderately.

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin toler?bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /to.l???a.bl?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /tu.l???a.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /to.le??a.ble/

Adjective

tolerable (masculine and feminine plural tolerables)

1. tolerable

   Antonym: intolerable

Derived terms

• tolerabilitat

Related terms

• tolerar

Further reading

• “tolerable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “tolerable” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “tolerable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “tolerable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Alternative forms

• tolerábel

Etymology

From Latin toler?bilis.

Adjective

tolerable m or f (plural tolerables)

1. tolerable

   Antonym: intolerable

Related terms

• tolerar

Further reading

• “tolerable” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin toler?bilis.

Adjective

tolerable (plural tolerables)

1. tolerable

   Antonym: intolerable

Derived terms

• tolerabilidad

Related terms

• tolerar

Further reading

• “tolerable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From Latin toler?tus (past participle), from toler? (“I endure”). Cognate with Old English þolian (“to tolerate, suffer, bear”). More at thole.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?t?l.?.?e?t/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t?l.?.?e?t/

Verb

tolerate (third-person singular simple present tolerates, present participle tolerating, simple past and past participle tolerated)

1. To allow (something that one dislikes or disagrees with) to exist or occur without interference.

   Synonyms: allow, bear, brook, endure, live with, put up with; see also Thesaurus:tolerate

Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing).

Related terms

• tolerability
• tolerable
• tolerance
• tolerant
• toleration

Translations

Further reading

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

Esperanto

Adverb

tolerate

1. present adverbial passive participle of toleri

Latin

Verb

toler?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of toler?  "bear ye, endure ye, tolerate ye"

Participle

toler?te

1. vocative masculine singular of toler?tus