Dictionary

intolerance en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ɪnˈtɔl.ə.ɹəns/ (Australia)
• /ɪnˈtɑ.lə.ɹəns/ (US)
• /ɪnˈtɒl.ə.ɹəns/ (UK)

Etymology

Borrowed from French intolérance, itself from in- (“not”) + tolérance or borrowed from Latin intolerantia (“insolence, insufferableness; (very rare) intolerance”). By surface analysis, in- + tolerance.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The state of being intolerant.
   • Religious intolerance is a serious problem in Brazil.
   • By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect. 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 4, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
2. (countable) Extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; of a food that is generally considered edible, an individual inability to digest it.
   • lactose intolerance

Forms

Deriveds

systemic exertion intolerance disease · heat intolerance · lactose intolerance

Hyponyms

food intolerance

Relateds

allergy

Translations (47)

pl nietolerancja (the state of being intolerant) · bg нетолерантност (the state of being intolerant) · bg нетърпимост (extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy) · cmn 不寬容 /不宽容 (the state of being intolerant) · es intolerancia (the state of being intolerant) · ca intolerància (the state of being intolerant) · is óþol (extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy) · sv intolerans (the state of being intolerant) · fr intolérance (the state of being intolerant) · id intoleransi (the state of being intolerant) · nl intolerantie (the state of being intolerant) · ga éadulaingt (the state of being intolerant) · ms intolerans (the state of being intolerant) · bg алергия (extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy) · nn intoleranse (the state of being intolerant) · it intolleranza (extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy) · hu türelmetlenség (the state of being intolerant) · uk нетерпи́мість (the state of being intolerant) · sv intolerans (extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy) · es intolerancia (extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy) · ro intoleranţă (the state of being intolerant) · bg нетърпимост (the state of being intolerant) · nb intoleranse (the state of being intolerant) · ja 不寛容 (the state of being intolerant) · ro intoleranţă (extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy) · sa अक्षान्ति (the state of being intolerant) · de Intoleranz (the state of being intolerant) · la intolerantia (the state of being intolerant) · de Intoleranz (extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy) · hu intolerancia (extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy) · fi suvaitsemattomuus (the state of being intolerant) · hi असहिष्णुता (the state of being intolerant) · nl intolerantie (extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy) · it intolleranza (the state of being intolerant) · ml അസഹിഷ്ണുത (the state of being intolerant) · cs nesnášenlivost (the state of being intolerant) · ru нетерпи́мость (the state of being intolerant) · nl onverdraagzaamheid (the state of being intolerant) · pt intolerância (the state of being intolerant) · fi intoleranssi (the state of being intolerant) · fi intoleranssi (extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy) · is umburðarleysi (the state of being intolerant) · hu intolerancia (the state of being intolerant) · pt intolerância (extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy) · pl nietolerancja (extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy) · nb intoleranse (extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy) · nn intoleranse (extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy)