nonchalance
See also: Nonchalance
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French nonchalance.
Pronunciation
Noun
nonchalance (usually uncountable, plural nonchalances)
- Indifference, unconcern; carelessness; coolness; disregard, detachment.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:apathy
Related terms
Translations
indifference; carelessness; coolness
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French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French nonchalance.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɔ̃.ʃa.lɑ̃s/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɑ̃s
Related terms
Descendants
- → English: nonchalance
- → German: Nonchalance
- → Norwegian Bokmål: nonchalanse, nonsjalanse
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: nonchalanse, nonsjalanse
- → Romanian: nonșalanță
Further reading
- “nonchalance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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