nonchalant
English
/ˈnɒn.ʃəl.ənt/, /ˌnɑn.ʃəˈlɑnt/
adj
Definitions
- Casually calm and relaxed.
- Indifferent; unconcerned; behaving as if detached.
Etymology
Borrowed from French nonchalant derived from Old French nonchaloir (have no importance, be unconcerned) derived from Latin non (not).
Origin
Latin
non
Gloss
not
Concept
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Cognates and derived terms
- non compos mentis English
- nonchalantly English
- nonchalantness English
- non Latin
- nonchalant German
- nonchalant Dutch, Flemish
- nonchalamment French
- nonchalant French
- non Spanish, Castilian
- nonchalant Norwegian Bokmål
- nonsjalant Norwegian Bokmål
- nonchalant Norwegian Nynorsk
- nonsjalant Norwegian Nynorsk
- nonchalant Danish
- nonchaloir Old French
- nonchaloir Middle French
- noun Occitan
- non Asturian
- no Old Occitan
- no Ladin
- noenum Old Latin