nonchalance

See also: Nonchalance

English

Etymology

From French nonchalance. See nonchalant.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnɒnʃələns/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌnɑːnʃəˈlɑːns/

Noun

nonchalance (usually uncountable, plural nonchalances)

1. indifference; carelessness; coolness; disregard, detachment.

Synonyms

• See also: Thesaurus:apathy

Translations

indifference; carelessness; coolness

• Bulgarian: безразличие (bg) n (bezrazličie), безгрижие (bg) n (bezgrižie)
• Czech: nonšalance f
• Finnish: yliolkaisuus (fi)
• French: nonchalance (fr) f
• German: Nonchalance (de) f

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nonchalanse m

• Romanian: nonșalanță (ro) f
• Russian: безразли́чие (ru) n (bezrazlíčije), беззабо́тность (ru) f (bezzabótnostʹ), небре́жность (ru) f (nebréžnostʹ)

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French

Etymology

see nonchalant

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔ̃.ʃa.lɑ̃s/

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• Rhymes: -ɑ̃s

Noun

nonchalance f (plural nonchalances)

1. nonchalance

Further reading

• “nonchalance” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Middle French

Etymology

see nonchalant

Noun

nonchalance f (uncountable)

1. nonchalance