nonchaloir
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French nonchaloir, from Old French chaloir (“to heat”), from non + chaloir.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nonchaloir m (plural nonchaloirs)
- (dated or poetic) indifference; nonchalance
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “nonchaloir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French nonchaloir.
Noun edit
nonchaloir m (plural nonchaloirs)
Descendants edit
- French: nonchaloir
Old French edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
nonchaloir oblique singular, m (oblique plural nonchaloirs, nominative singular nonchaloirs, nominative plural nonchaloir)
Verb edit
nonchaloir
- to ignore; to pay little attention to
References edit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (nonchaloir)