tolérance
French, noun/tɔ.le.ʁɑ̃s/
tolérance is spelled T-O-L-É-R-A-N-C-E (9 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written French, the 6,181st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tolérance is a French feminine noun meaning “tolerance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Capacité à supporter un inconvénient”.
What does tolérance mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Capacité à supporter un inconvénient. 2. Condescendance, indulgence, action de supporter ce que l’on ne peut empêcher ou que l’on croit ne pas pouvoir empêcher. 3. Fait de ne pas s’opposer à des idées, à des positions différentes des nôtres. 4. Écart toléré dans la dimension, la quantité, etc., des marchandises fournies.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tolérance
- tolérances plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tolérance?
- /tɔ.le.ʁɑ̃s/
- \tɔ.le.ʁɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tolérance
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tolérance in French?
tolérance appears 11 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).