nonchalant

  • 21nonchalant — entspannt, formlos, gelöst, lässig, leger, natürlich, salopp, unangestrengt, unbefangen, unbekümmert, ungezwungen, unverkrampft, zwanglos; (ugs.): locker; (salopp): cool. * * * nonchalant:⇨ungezwungen nonchalant→zwanglos …

    Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme

  • 22nonchalant — [18] To be nonchalant is etymologically ‘not to get hot under the collar’. The word comes from French nonchalant, an adjective formed with the prefix non ‘not’ from the present participle of the verb chaloir ‘be concerned’. This goes back… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 23nonchalant — [18] To be nonchalant is etymologically ‘not to get hot under the collar’. The word comes from French nonchalant, an adjective formed with the prefix non ‘not’ from the present participle of the verb chaloir ‘be concerned’. This goes back… …

    Word origins

  • 24nonchalant — adj. Nonchalant is used with these nouns: ↑attitude, ↑shrug …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 25nonchalant — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. unconcerned, casual, indifferent, insouciant, untroubled, cool, imperturbable, easygoing, lackadaisical, apathetic, lukewarm, unruffled, unexcited, composed, collected, aloof, detached, offhand, unexcitable, unflappable …

    English dictionary for students

  • 26nonchalant — non|cha|lant [ˈnɔnʃələnt US ˌna:nʃəˈla:nt] adj [Date: 1700 1800; : French; Origin: Old French nonchaloir to pay no attention to , from Latin calere to be warm ] behaving calmly and not seeming interested in anything or worried about anything ▪… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 27nonchalant — non|cha|lant [... lã:, bei attributivem Gebrauch... lant...] <aus gleichbed. fr. nonchalant zu non »nicht« u. (alt)fr. chalant, Part. Präs. von chaloir, dies aus lat. calere »sich erwärmen für jmdn. od. etwas«> nachlässig; formlos… …

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  • 28nonchalant — • likgiltig, betydelselös, oväsentlig, obetydlig, ointresserad, oberörd, indifferent, desintresserad, nonchalant, ouppmärksam, oberörd, indolent, apatisk …

    Svensk synonymlexikon

  • 29nonchalant — nonchalamment фр. [ноншаляма/н] nonchalant [ноншаля/н] небрежно, беспечно …

    Словарь иностранных музыкальных терминов

  • 30nonchalant — adjective behaving calmly and seeming not to worry or care about anything: He was leaning on the bar, trying to look nonchalant. nonchalance noun (U) nonchalantly adverb …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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