Tolerabele

Tolerabele is a Dutch adjective meaning tolerable or acceptable within defined limits. It is used to describe quantities, conditions, or exposures that are considered safe or manageable, without exceeding what a system or organism can endure. The word is most commonly used attributively before a noun, for example tolerabele dosis or tolerabele blootstelling, to indicate that the amount or level is within acceptable bounds. In predicative use, the corresponding form is typically tolerabel, as in de dosis is tolerabel.

Etymology and forms: Tolerabele derives from tolerabel, itself from Latin tolerabilis, via historical routes that influenced Dutch. The attributive form tolerabele appears before a noun, while the predicative form tolerabel is used after a linking verb. This distinction mirrors common Dutch adjective inflection patterns, where the ending changes to agree with the noun and its determiner.

Usage: The term is common in medical, environmental, and regulatory language, where it helps express that a measured value or proposed limit lies within what can be endured or safely tolerated. It is closely related to, but not synonymous with, toelaatbaar (allowable) and acceptabel (acceptable in a normative sense). In risk assessment and pharmacology, tolerabele thresholds are used to describe safe exposure levels or dose limits.

See also: tolerability, toelaatbaar, acceptabel, tolerabel (Dutch variant). For English speakers, the nearest equivalent is tolerable.