nonchalant

Borrowed from French nonchalant, from Old French nonchaloir (“to be unconcerned”), from non- (“not”) +‎ chaloir (“to have concern for”), from Latin non (“not”) +‎ calēre (“to be warm”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnɒn.ʃəl.ənt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌnɑn.ʃəˈlɑnt/

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nonchalant (comparative more nonchalant, superlative most nonchalant)

1. Casually calm and relaxed.

   We handled the whole frenetic situation with a nonchalant attitude.

   • 1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, page 703:

     On the other hand, to arrive after dusk, when the multitude of garish little public-houses are lit up, giving glimpses of crowded jostling bars and taprooms, is an introduction to a fine city well calculated to affect even the most nonchalant.

2. Indifferent; unconcerned; behaving as if detached.

   He is far too nonchalant about such a serious matter.

• (casually calm): carefree, cool, mellow, easygoing; see also Thesaurus:calm or Thesaurus:carefree
• (indifferent): blasé, unconcerned; see also Thesaurus:apathetic

• nonchalantly
• nonchalantness

• nonchalance

From French nonchalant.

nonchalant

1. nonchalant, offhand

nonchalant

1. nonchalantly, offhandedly

• “nonchalant” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from French nonchalant.

• IPA^(key): /ˌnɔn.ʃaːˈlɑnt/

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• Hyphenation: non‧cha‧lant
• Rhymes: -ɑnt

nonchalant (comparative nonchalanter, superlative nonchalantst)

1. careless, showing no interest or effort

• nonchalance

Present participle of Old French nonchaloir (“to have no importance”), from non +‎ chaloir, equivalent to Latin non (“not”) +‎ calēre (“to be warm”).

• IPA^(key): /nɔ̃.ʃa.lɑ̃/

nonchalant (feminine nonchalante, masculine plural nonchalants, feminine plural nonchalantes)

1. Marked by a lack of vivacity, vigour, liveliness; slow-moving; indolent
2. Cool, relaxed

• Although French nonchalant is usually appropriate where the English one is used, its meaning is different.

• nonchalance
• nonchaloir
• chaloir

• → Danish: nonchalant
• → Dutch: nonchalant
• → English: nonchalant
• → German: nonchalant
• → Swedish: nonchalant

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

Borrowed from French nonchalant, from Old French nonchaloir, from Latin non (“not”) +‎ calēre (“to be warm”).

• IPA^(key): [ˌnɔ̃ʃaˈlɑ̃ː], [ˌnɔ̃ʃaˈlant]

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nonchalant (strong nominative masculine singular nonchalanter, comparative nonchalanter, superlative am nonchalantesten)

1. nonchalant

• “nonchalant” in Duden online
• “nonchalant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

• nonsjalant

From French nonchalant.

nonchalant (indefinite singular nonchalant, definite singular and plural nonchalante)

1. nonchalant

• “nonchalant” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• nonsjalant

From French nonchalant.

nonchalant (indefinite singular nonchalant, definite singular and plural nonchalante)

1. nonchalant

• “nonchalant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.