English Explanatory Dictionary

intolerance

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The state of being intolerant.
  2. Extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; of a food that is generally considered edible, an individual inability to digest it.

Pronunciation

/ɪnˈtɒl.ə.ɹəns/ /ɪnˈtɑ.lə.ɹəns/ /ɪnˈtɔl.ə.ɹəns/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-intolerance.wav

Word forms

intolerance intolerances

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.

Related words

allergy

Derived words

heat intolerance lactose intolerance systemic exertion intolerance disease
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