"nonchalant" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈnɒn.ʃəl.ənt/ [UK], /ˌnɑn.ʃəˈlɑnt/ [US] Audio: en-us-nonchalant.ogg , en-au-nonchalant.ogg Forms: more nonchalant [comparative], most nonchalant [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from French nonchalant, from Old French nonchaloir (“to be unconcerned”), from non- (“not”) + chaloir (“to have concern for”), from Latin From non (“not”) + calēre (“to be warm”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|nonchalant}} French nonchalant, {{der|en|fro|nonchaloir||to be unconcerned}} Old French nonchaloir (“to be unconcerned”), {{com|fro|non-|chaloir|nocat=1|t1=not|t2=to have concern for}} non- (“not”) + chaloir (“to have concern for”), {{der|en|la|-}} Latin, {{com|la|non|calēre|nocat=1|t1=not|t2=to be warm}} non (“not”) + calēre (“to be warm”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} nonchalant (comparative more nonchalant, superlative most nonchalant)
  1. Casually calm and relaxed. Synonyms (casually calm): carefree Translations (casually calm and relaxed): անհոգ (anhog) (Armenian), безгрижен (bezgrižen) (Bulgarian), nonšalantní (Czech), nenucený (Czech), nonchalant (Dutch), facilanima (Esperanto), huoleton (Finnish), décontracté (French), despreocupado [masculine] (Galician), despreocupada [feminine] (Galician), nonchalant (German), lässig (German), neamhchúiseach (Irish), neamhchorrbhuaiseach (Irish), swobodny (Polish), wyluzowany (Polish), luzacki (Polish), descontraído (Portuguese), невозмути́мый (nevozmutímyj) (Russian), беспе́чный (bespéčnyj) (Russian), небре́жный (nebréžnyj) (Russian), gun chùram (Scottish Gaelic), casual (Spanish), relajado (Spanish), keyifli (Turkish), keyfi yerinde (Turkish), безтурбо́тний (bezturbótnyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. Indifferent; unconcerned; behaving as if detached. Synonyms (indifferent): blasé Translations (indifferent; unconcerned; behaving as if detached): անտարբեր (antarber) (Armenian), безстрастен (bezstrasten) (Bulgarian), равнодушен (ravnodušen) (Bulgarian), lhostejný (Czech), välinpitämätön (Finnish), piittaamaton (Finnish), désinvolte [negative, usually] (French), indiferente (Galician), nonchalant (German), gleichgültig (German), fuarbhruite (Irish), بیاعتنا (bi-e'tenâ) (Persian), nonszalancki (Polish), indiferente (Portuguese), равноду́шный (ravnodúšnyj) (Russian), безразли́чный (bezrazlíčnyj) (Russian), небре́жный (nebréžnyj) (Russian), gun chùram (Scottish Gaelic), indiferente (Spanish), nonchalant (Swedish), pişkin insan (note: idiomatic - informal) (Turkish), ilgisiz (Turkish), vurdumduymaz (Turkish), umursamaz (Turkish), байду́жий (bajdúžyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-nonchalant-en-adj-icQ4jRpj Disambiguation of 'indifferent': 7 93 Disambiguation of 'indifferent; unconcerned; behaving as if detached': 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cool, mellow, easygoing, calm, carefree, unconcerned, apathetic Derived forms: nonchalantly, nonchalantness Related terms: nonchalance
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          "roman": "bajdúžyj",
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      "word": "անհոգ"
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      "lang": "German",
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      "code": "tr",
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      "word": "keyifli"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "casually calm and relaxed",
      "word": "keyfi yerinde"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "bezturbótnyj",
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      "word": "безтурбо́тний"
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      "code": "hy",
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      "roman": "antarber",
      "sense": "indifferent; unconcerned; behaving as if detached",
      "word": "անտարբեր"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bezstrasten",
      "sense": "indifferent; unconcerned; behaving as if detached",
      "word": "безстрастен"
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      "roman": "ravnodušen",
      "sense": "indifferent; unconcerned; behaving as if detached",
      "word": "равнодушен"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "indifferent; unconcerned; behaving as if detached",
      "word": "lhostejný"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "indifferent; unconcerned; behaving as if detached",
      "word": "välinpitämätön"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "indifferent; unconcerned; behaving as if detached",
      "word": "piittaamaton"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "indifferent; unconcerned; behaving as if detached",
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      "word": "désinvolte"
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "indifferent; unconcerned; behaving as if detached",
      "word": "indiferente"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "indifferent; unconcerned; behaving as if detached",
      "word": "nonchalant"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "indifferent; unconcerned; behaving as if detached",
      "word": "gleichgültig"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "indifferent; unconcerned; behaving as if detached",
      "word": "fuarbhruite"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bi-e'tenâ",
      "sense": "indifferent; unconcerned; behaving as if detached",
      "word": "بیاعتنا"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "indifferent; unconcerned; behaving as if detached",
      "word": "nonszalancki"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "indifferent; unconcerned; behaving as if detached",
      "word": "indiferente"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "ravnodúšnyj",
      "sense": "indifferent; unconcerned; behaving as if detached",
      "word": "равноду́шный"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "bezrazlíčnyj",
      "sense": "indifferent; unconcerned; behaving as if detached",
      "word": "безразли́чный"
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      "sense": "indifferent; unconcerned; behaving as if detached",
      "word": "небре́жный"
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "indifferent; unconcerned; behaving as if detached",
      "word": "gun chùram"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "indifferent; unconcerned; behaving as if detached",
      "word": "indiferente"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "indifferent; unconcerned; behaving as if detached",
      "word": "nonchalant"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "note": "idiomatic - informal",
      "sense": "indifferent; unconcerned; behaving as if detached",
      "word": "pişkin insan"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "indifferent; unconcerned; behaving as if detached",
      "word": "ilgisiz"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "indifferent; unconcerned; behaving as if detached",
      "word": "vurdumduymaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "indifferent; unconcerned; behaving as if detached",
      "word": "umursamaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bajdúžyj",
      "sense": "indifferent; unconcerned; behaving as if detached",
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      "word": "байду́жий"
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