"tolerable" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈtɑləɹəbl̩/ [General-American], /ˈtɒləɹəbl̩/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tolerable.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more tolerable [comparative], most tolerable [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French tolerable, from Latin tolerābilis. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|tolerable}} Middle French tolerable, {{der|en|la|tolerābilis}} Latin tolerābilis Head templates: {{en-adj}} tolerable (comparative more tolerable, superlative most tolerable)
  1. Capable of being borne, tolerated or endured; bearable or endurable. Translations (Capable of being borne, tolerated or endured; bearable or endurable): ἀνεκτός (anektós) (Ancient Greek), поносим (ponosim) (Bulgarian), tolerable (Catalan), snesitelný (Czech), tolerebla (Esperanto), siedettävä (Finnish), tolérable (French), tolerable (Galician), erträglich (German), 𐍃𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃 (sutis) (Gothic), ανεκτός (anektós) (Greek), tollerabile (Italian), tolerābilis (Latin), znośny (Polish), tolerável (Portuguese), tolerabil (Romanian), выносимый (vynosimyj) (Russian), meadhanach (Scottish Gaelic), tolerable (Spanish), tolerabel (Swedish), dräglig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-tolerable-en-adj-1W5UpZnF Disambiguation of 'Capable of being borne, tolerated or endured; bearable or endurable': 97 1 3 0
  2. Moderate in degree; mediocre; passable, acceptable or so-so. Translations (Moderate in degree; mediocre; passable, acceptable or so-so): приемлив (priemliv) (Bulgarian), välttävä (Finnish), passabel (German), tűrhető (Hungarian), réasúnta (Irish), tolerável (Portuguese), sofrível (Portuguese), meadhanach (Scottish Gaelic), cuibheasach (Scottish Gaelic), okej (Swedish), dräglig (Swedish), acceptabel (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-tolerable-en-adj--s9ZYw7P Disambiguation of 'Moderate in degree; mediocre; passable, acceptable or so-so': 0 96 0 3
  3. Such as to be tolerated or countenanced; permissible; allowable. Translations (Such as to be tolerated or countenanced; permissible; allowable): приемлив (priemliv) (Bulgarian), tolerado (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-tolerable-en-adj-2tiKpmb4 Disambiguation of 'Such as to be tolerated or countenanced; permissible; allowable': 3 1 97 0
  4. In fair health; passably well. Translations (In fair health; passably well): удовлетворителен (udovletvoritelen) (Bulgarian), välttävä (Finnish), meadhanach (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-tolerable-en-adj-fGG3mITf Disambiguation of 'In fair health; passably well': 0 4 0 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tollerable [obsolete] Derived forms: intolerable, tolerability, tolerableness, tolerablish, tolerably Related terms: tolerance, tolerant, tolerate

Adverb

IPA: /ˈtɑləɹəbl̩/ [General-American], /ˈtɒləɹəbl̩/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tolerable.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more tolerable [comparative], most tolerable [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French tolerable, from Latin tolerābilis. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|tolerable}} Middle French tolerable, {{der|en|la|tolerābilis}} Latin tolerābilis Head templates: {{en-adv}} tolerable (comparative more tolerable, superlative most tolerable)
  1. (dialect) tolerably; passably; moderately. Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-tolerable-en-adv-3RYsU7dy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tollerable [obsolete]

Alternative forms

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        [
          "acceptable",
          "acceptable"
        ],
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          "so-so",
          "so-so"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "Such as to be tolerated or countenanced; permissible; allowable."
      ],
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        ],
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          "countenanced",
          "countenance"
        ],
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          "permissible",
          "permissible"
        ],
        [
          "allowable",
          "allowable"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "In fair health; passably well."
      ],
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        [
          "fair",
          "fair"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɑləɹəbl̩/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɒləɹəbl̩/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "tollerable"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ponosim",
      "sense": "Capable of being borne, tolerated or endured; bearable or endurable",
      "word": "поносим"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Capable of being borne, tolerated or endured; bearable or endurable",
      "word": "tolerable"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Capable of being borne, tolerated or endured; bearable or endurable",
      "word": "snesitelný"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "Capable of being borne, tolerated or endured; bearable or endurable",
      "word": "tolerebla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Capable of being borne, tolerated or endured; bearable or endurable",
      "word": "siedettävä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Capable of being borne, tolerated or endured; bearable or endurable",
      "word": "tolérable"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Capable of being borne, tolerated or endured; bearable or endurable",
      "word": "tolerable"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Capable of being borne, tolerated or endured; bearable or endurable",
      "word": "erträglich"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "sutis",
      "sense": "Capable of being borne, tolerated or endured; bearable or endurable",
      "word": "𐍃𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anektós",
      "sense": "Capable of being borne, tolerated or endured; bearable or endurable",
      "word": "ανεκτός"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "anektós",
      "sense": "Capable of being borne, tolerated or endured; bearable or endurable",
      "word": "ἀνεκτός"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Capable of being borne, tolerated or endured; bearable or endurable",
      "word": "tollerabile"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "Capable of being borne, tolerated or endured; bearable or endurable",
      "word": "tolerābilis"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Capable of being borne, tolerated or endured; bearable or endurable",
      "word": "znośny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Capable of being borne, tolerated or endured; bearable or endurable",
      "word": "tolerável"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Capable of being borne, tolerated or endured; bearable or endurable",
      "word": "tolerabil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vynosimyj",
      "sense": "Capable of being borne, tolerated or endured; bearable or endurable",
      "word": "выносимый"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "Capable of being borne, tolerated or endured; bearable or endurable",
      "word": "meadhanach"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Capable of being borne, tolerated or endured; bearable or endurable",
      "word": "tolerable"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Capable of being borne, tolerated or endured; bearable or endurable",
      "word": "tolerabel"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Capable of being borne, tolerated or endured; bearable or endurable",
      "word": "dräglig"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "priemliv",
      "sense": "Moderate in degree; mediocre; passable, acceptable or so-so",
      "word": "приемлив"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Moderate in degree; mediocre; passable, acceptable or so-so",
      "word": "välttävä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Moderate in degree; mediocre; passable, acceptable or so-so",
      "word": "passabel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Moderate in degree; mediocre; passable, acceptable or so-so",
      "word": "tűrhető"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Moderate in degree; mediocre; passable, acceptable or so-so",
      "word": "réasúnta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Moderate in degree; mediocre; passable, acceptable or so-so",
      "word": "tolerável"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Moderate in degree; mediocre; passable, acceptable or so-so",
      "word": "sofrível"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "Moderate in degree; mediocre; passable, acceptable or so-so",
      "word": "meadhanach"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "Moderate in degree; mediocre; passable, acceptable or so-so",
      "word": "cuibheasach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Moderate in degree; mediocre; passable, acceptable or so-so",
      "word": "okej"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Moderate in degree; mediocre; passable, acceptable or so-so",
      "word": "dräglig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Moderate in degree; mediocre; passable, acceptable or so-so",
      "word": "acceptabel"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "priemliv",
      "sense": "Such as to be tolerated or countenanced; permissible; allowable",
      "word": "приемлив"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Such as to be tolerated or countenanced; permissible; allowable",
      "word": "tolerado"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "udovletvoritelen",
      "sense": "In fair health; passably well",
      "word": "удовлетворителен"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "In fair health; passably well",
      "word": "välttävä"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "In fair health; passably well",
      "word": "meadhanach"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tolerable"
}

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    "Requests for review of Spanish translations"
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      "args": {
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        "3": "tolerable"
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      "name": "bor"
    },
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        "3": "tolerābilis"
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      "name": "der"
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      "form": "more tolerable",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most tolerable",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
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        "tolerably; passably; moderately."
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        "(dialect) tolerably; passably; moderately."
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      "ipa": "/ˈtɑləɹəbl̩/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɒləɹəbl̩/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "tollerable"
    }
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}

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