intolerance

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ɪnˈtɒl.ə.ɹəns/ (US) IPA(key): /ɪnˈtɑ.lə.ɹəns/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ɪnˈtɔl.ə.ɹəns/ === Noun === intolerance (countable and uncountable, plural intolerances) (uncountable) The state of being intolerant. [from 1765] (countable, medicine) Extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; of a food that is generally considered edible, an individual inability to digest it. [from the 20th c.] ==== Hyponyms ==== (medicine): food intolerance ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== allergy === Anagrams === crenelation