nonchalance
See also: Nonchalance
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French nonchalance.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editnonchalance (usually uncountable, plural nonchalances)
- Indifference, unconcern; carelessness; coolness; disregard, detachment.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:apathy
Related terms
editTranslations
editindifference; carelessness; coolness
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French
editEtymology
editInherited from Middle French nonchalance.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editnonchalance f (plural nonchalances)
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- → English: nonchalance
- → German: Nonchalance
- → Norwegian Bokmål: nonchalanse, nonsjalanse
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: nonchalanse, nonsjalanse
- → Romanian: nonșalanță
Further reading
edit- “nonchalance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
editEtymology
editFrom nonchalant.
Noun
editnonchalance f (uncountable)
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