nonchalance

See also: Nonchalance

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French nonchalance.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnɒnʃələns/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /ˌnɑːnʃəˈlɑːns/

Noun

nonchalance (usually uncountable, plural nonchalances)

Indifference, unconcern; carelessness; coolness; disregard, detachment.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:apathy

Related terms

nonchalant

Translations

indifference; carelessness; coolness

Bulgarian: безразличие (bg) n (bezrazličie), безгрижие (bg) n (bezgrižie)
Czech: nonšalance f
Finnish: yliolkaisuus (fi), itsevarmuus (fi)
French: nonchalance (fr) f
German: Nonchalance (de) f, Gelassenheit (de) f, Lässigkeit (de) f, Sprezzatura (de) f, Unbekümmertheit (de) f, Sorglosigkeit (de) f, Unbeschwertheit (de) f
Hungarian: fesztelenség (hu), lezserség (hu)
Italian: non-chalance f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nonchalanse m
Portuguese: indiferença (pt), descontração (pt)
Romanian: nonșalanță (ro) f
Russian: безразли́чие (ru) n (bezrazlíčije), беззабо́тность (ru) f (bezzabótnostʹ), небре́жность (ru) f (nebréžnostʹ)

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French nonchalance.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nɔ̃.ʃa.lɑ̃s/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɑ̃s

Noun

nonchalance f (plural nonchalances)

nonchalance

Related terms

nonchalant

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.

Middle French

Etymology

From nonchalant.

Noun

nonchalance f (uncountable)

nonchalance