nonchalant

English
WOTD – 10 March 2009

Etymology

Borrowed from French nonchalant, from Old French nonchaloir (“to be unconcerned”), from non- (“not”) +‎ chaloir (“to have concern for”), from Latin non (“not”) +‎ calēre (“to be warm”).

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈnɒn.ʃəl.ənt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌnɑn.ʃəˈlɑnt/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Audio (AU)(file)

Adjective

nonchalant (comparative more nonchalant, superlative most nonchalant)

  1. Casually calm and relaxed.
    We handled the whole frenetic situation with a nonchalant attitude.
  2. Indifferent; unconcerned; behaving as if detached.
    He is far too nonchalant about such a serious matter.

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Derived terms

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Danish

Etymology

From French nonchalant.

Adjective

nonchalant

  1. nonchalant, offhand

Inflection
Inflection of nonchalant
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular nonchalant — —2
Neuter singular nonchalant — —2
Plural nonchalante — —2
Definite attributive1 nonchalante — —
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Adverb

nonchalant

  1. nonchalantly, offhandedly

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French nonchalant.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌnɔn.ʃaːˈlɑnt/
  • nonchalant(file)
  • Hyphenation: non‧cha‧lant
  • Rhymes: -ɑnt

Adjective

nonchalant (comparative nonchalanter, superlative nonchalantst)

  1. careless, showing no interest or effort

Inflection
Inflection of nonchalant
uninflected nonchalant
inflected nonchalante
comparative nonchalanter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial nonchalantnonchalanterhet nonchalantst
het nonchalantste
indefinite m./f. sing. nonchalantenonchalanterenonchalantste
n. sing. nonchalantnonchalanternonchalantste
plural nonchalantenonchalanterenonchalantste
definite nonchalantenonchalanterenonchalantste
partitive nonchalantsnonchalanters—

French

Etymology

Present participle of Old French nonchaloir (“to have no importance”), from non +‎ chaloir, equivalent to Latin non (“not”) +‎ calēre (“to be warm”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nɔ̃.ʃa.lɑ̃/

Adjective

nonchalant (feminine nonchalante, masculine plural nonchalants, feminine plural nonchalantes)

  1. Marked by a lack of vivacity, vigour, liveliness; slow-moving; indolent
  2. Cool, relaxed

Usage notes
  • Although French nonchalant is usually appropriate where the English one is used, its meaning is different.

Descendants

Further reading

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French nonchalant, from Old French nonchaloir, from Latin non (“not”) +‎ calēre (“to be warm”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˌnɔ̃ʃaˈlɑ̃ː], [ˌnɔ̃ʃaˈlant]
  • Audio(file)

Adjective

nonchalant (strong nominative masculine singular nonchalanter, comparative nonchalanter, superlative am nonchalantesten)

  1. nonchalant

Declension
Positive forms of nonchalant
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist nonchalant sie ist nonchalant es ist nonchalant sie sind nonchalant
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative nonchalanter nonchalante nonchalantes nonchalante
genitive nonchalanten nonchalanter nonchalanten nonchalanter
dative nonchalantem nonchalanter nonchalantem nonchalanten
accusative nonchalanten nonchalante nonchalantes nonchalante
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der nonchalante die nonchalante das nonchalante die nonchalanten
genitive des nonchalanten der nonchalanten des nonchalanten der nonchalanten
dative dem nonchalanten der nonchalanten dem nonchalanten den nonchalanten
accusative den nonchalanten die nonchalante das nonchalante die nonchalanten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein nonchalanter eine nonchalante ein nonchalantes (keine) nonchalanten
genitive eines nonchalanten einer nonchalanten eines nonchalanten (keiner) nonchalanten
dative einem nonchalanten einer nonchalanten einem nonchalanten (keinen) nonchalanten
accusative einen nonchalanten eine nonchalante ein nonchalantes (keine) nonchalanten
Comparative forms of nonchalant
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist nonchalanter sie ist nonchalanter es ist nonchalanter sie sind nonchalanter
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative nonchalanterer nonchalantere nonchalanteres nonchalantere
genitive nonchalanteren nonchalanterer nonchalanteren nonchalanterer
dative nonchalanterem nonchalanterer nonchalanterem nonchalanteren
accusative nonchalanteren nonchalantere nonchalanteres nonchalantere
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der nonchalantere die nonchalantere das nonchalantere die nonchalanteren
genitive des nonchalanteren der nonchalanteren des nonchalanteren der nonchalanteren
dative dem nonchalanteren der nonchalanteren dem nonchalanteren den nonchalanteren
accusative den nonchalanteren die nonchalantere das nonchalantere die nonchalanteren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein nonchalanterer eine nonchalantere ein nonchalanteres (keine) nonchalanteren
genitive eines nonchalanteren einer nonchalanteren eines nonchalanteren (keiner) nonchalanteren
dative einem nonchalanteren einer nonchalanteren einem nonchalanteren (keinen) nonchalanteren
accusative einen nonchalanteren eine nonchalantere ein nonchalanteres (keine) nonchalanteren
Superlative forms of nonchalant
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist am nonchalantesten sie ist am nonchalantesten es ist am nonchalantesten sie sind am nonchalantesten
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative nonchalantester nonchalanteste nonchalantestes nonchalanteste
genitive nonchalantesten nonchalantester nonchalantesten nonchalantester
dative nonchalantestem nonchalantester nonchalantestem nonchalantesten
accusative nonchalantesten nonchalanteste nonchalantestes nonchalanteste
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der nonchalanteste die nonchalanteste das nonchalanteste die nonchalantesten
genitive des nonchalantesten der nonchalantesten des nonchalantesten der nonchalantesten
dative dem nonchalantesten der nonchalantesten dem nonchalantesten den nonchalantesten
accusative den nonchalantesten die nonchalanteste das nonchalanteste die nonchalantesten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein nonchalantester eine nonchalanteste ein nonchalantestes (keine) nonchalantesten
genitive eines nonchalantesten einer nonchalantesten eines nonchalantesten (keiner) nonchalantesten
dative einem nonchalantesten einer nonchalantesten einem nonchalantesten (keinen) nonchalantesten
accusative einen nonchalantesten eine nonchalanteste ein nonchalantestes (keine) nonchalantesten

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Etymology

From French nonchalant.

Adjective

nonchalant (indefinite singular nonchalant, definite singular and plural nonchalante)

  1. nonchalant

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From French nonchalant.

Noun

nonchalant (indefinite singular nonchalant, definite singular and plural nonchalante)

  1. nonchalant

References
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