nonchalant

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

   • 2010, Mary Roach, “You Go First: The Alarming Prospect of Life Without Gravity”, in Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 90:

     […] The Mexican government's response to the American bombing was admirably laid back. General Enrique Diaz Gonzales and Consul General Raul Michel met with United States officials, who issued apologies and an invitation to come to "the next rocket shoot" at White Sands. The Mexican citizenry was similarly nonchalant. "Bomb Blast Fails to Halt Spring Fiesta," said the El Paso Times headline, noting that "many thought the explosion was a cannon fired for the opening of the fiesta."

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 , 2012.

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

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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.