chaloir

Inherited from Middle French chaloir, from Old French chaloir, from earlier chaleir, from Latin calēre (“to heat”), from Proto-Italic *kalēō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelh₁-. Compare Occitan caler, Catalan caldre (“to be necessary”), Italian calere.

• IPA^(key): /ʃa.lwaʁ/

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chaloir

1. (impersonal, reflexive, literary) to heat
2. (impersonal, reflexive, literary) to matter
3. (impersonal, literary) to be of import

This verb is impersonal and usually found only in the third-person singular present chaut. Its use in other tenses is rare.

• chaland
• nonchaloir
• nonchalant

• chaleur
• chaud
• échauffer

• “chaloir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Old French chaloir, from earlier chaleir, from Latin calēre, present active infinitive of caleō (“to heat”).

chaloir

1. to heat
2. (reflexive, se chaloir) to bother, to worry

• French: chaloir

• caleir, chaleir

From earlier chaleir, from Latin calēre, present active infinitive of caleō (“I heat”). Compare Franco-Provençal chalêr, Old Occitan caler.

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaˈloi̯ɾ/

chaloir

1. to heat
2. (impersonal, reflexive, se chaloir) to bother, to concern
   • c. 1200, author unknown, Aucassin et Nicolette:

     Moi ne caut u nous aillons

     I don't care where we go

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• nonchaloir

• chaut/chalt
• eschaufer/eschalfer

• Middle French: chaloir
  • French: chaloir

• “Appendix E: Irregular Verbs” in E. Einhorn (1974), Old French: A Concise Handbook, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 150–151