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non·cha·lant    Audio Help   [non-shuh-lahnt, non-shuh-lahnt, -luhnt] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
coolly unconcerned, indifferent, or unexcited; casual: His nonchalant manner infuriated me.

[Origin: 1725–35; < F nonchalant, prp. of obs. nonchaloir to lack warmth (of heart), be indifferent, equiv. to non- non- + chaloir < L calére to be warm. See -ant]

non·cha·lant·ly, adverb

cool, calm, collected, composed.
excitable.
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non·cha·lant    Audio Help   (nŏn'shə-länt')  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Seeming to be coolly unconcerned or indifferent. See Synonyms at cool.


[French, from Old French, present participle of nonchaloir, to be unconcerned : non-, non- + chaloir, to cause concern to (from Latin calēre, to be warm, heat up; see kelə-1 in Indo-European roots).]

non'cha·lant'ly adv.
Word History: A nonchalant person is not likely to become warm or heated about anything, a fact that is underscored by the etymology of the word nonchalant. It stems from Old French, where it was formed from the negative prefix non- plus chalant, the present participle of the verb chaloir, "to be concerned." This in turn came from the Latin word calēre, which from its concrete sense "to be hot or warm" developed the figurative sense "to be roused or fired with hope, zeal, or anger." French formed a noun nonchalance from the adjective nonchalant that was borrowed into English by 1678; the adjective itself was borrowed later, as it is not attested for another half-century.

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nonchalant

adjective
marked by blithe unconcern; "an ability to interest casual students"; "showed a casual disregard for cold weather"; "an utterly insouciant financial policy"; "an elegantly insouciant manner"; "drove his car with nonchalant abandon"; "was polite in a teasing nonchalant manner" [syn: casual

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
nonchalant [ˈnonʃələnt, (American) nonʃəˈlont] adjective
feeling or showing no excitement, fear or other emotion
Arabic: غَيْر مُكْتَرِث، عَديم الإهْتِمام، عَديم الشُّعور
Chinese (Simplified): 漠不关心的, 冷淡的
Chinese (Traditional): 漠不關心的, 冷淡的
Czech: nenucený, lhostejný
Danish: nonchalant; afslappet
Dutch: nonchalant
Estonian: külmavereline
Finnish: välinpitämätön
French: nonchalant
German: gleichgültig
Greek: ατάραχος, απαθής
Hungarian: nemtörődöm
Icelandic: kæruleysislegur
Indonesian: tenang, tak ambil pusing
Italian: noncurante, indifferente
Japanese: むとんちゃくな
Korean: 태연한, 무관심한
Latvian: vienaldzīgs; bezrūpīgs
Lithuanian: nerūpestingas
Norwegian: nonchalant, rolig og avbalansert
Polish: obojętny, nonszalancki
Portuguese (Brazil): indiferente
Portuguese (Portugal): indiferente
Romanian: nonşalant
Russian: беззаботный;безразличный
Slovak: nonšalantný, nenútený
Slovenian: ravnodušen
Spanish: indiferente
Swedish: nonchalant
Turkish: kayıtsız, ilgisiz
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Nonchalant

Non`cha`lance"\, n. [F. See Nonchalant.] Indifference; carelessness; coolness.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

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