nonchalance

nɔ̃ʃalɑ̃s

Definition

Definition of nonchalance - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, feminine

négligencemanque de soin ou d'attention dans ce qu'on fait

Sa nonchalance au travail lui a valu plusieurs avertissements.

laisser-aller

négligence

désinvoltureattitude décontractée et insouciante qu'on adopte volontairement

Elle affiche une nonchalance étudiée qui cache sa nervosité.

désinvolture

insouciance

mollessemanque d'énergie et de dynamisme dans les gestes

Il marche avec une nonchalance qui agace ses collègues pressés.

apathie

mollesse

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avec nonchalance

adv.

de manière désinvolte et sans se presser

Elle a répondu avec nonchalance à toutes les questions.

Origin of nonchalance

français, nonchalance (non + chaloir, se soucier)

Terms with nonchalance included in their meaning

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traîner les talons

flânerie

se promener sans but précis avec nonchalance

indolemment

adv.

nonchalance

de manière nonchalante et paresseuse, sans empressement ni énergie

Examples of nonchalance in a sentence

La nonchalance de l’équipe a causé leur défaite.
Sa nonchalance en classe agace les professeurs.
Il a répondu avec une nonchalance surprenante à la mauvaise nouvelle.
Sa nonchalance se remarque même dans sa façon de parler.
La nonchalance du chat endormi amuse les enfants.

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English:carelessness, nonchalance, ...
German:Nachlässigkeit, Nonchalance, ...
Italian:negligenza, disinvoltura, ...
Spanish:desidia, despreocupación, ...
Portuguese:negligência, descontração, ...
Chinese:漫不经心, 淡定, ...
Japanese:無頓着, 気楽さ, ...
Arabic:تراخٍ, لا مُبَالاة, ...
Hebrew:חוֹסֶר זְהִירוּת, שַׁלְוָה מֻפְגֶּנֶת, ...
Russian:небрежность, беззаботность, ...
Ukrainian:недбалість, невимушеність, ...
Catalan:desídia, desenfadament, ...
Danish:sjuskethed, nonchalance, ...
Dutch:nonchalance, luiheid, ...
Greek:απροσεξία, ανεμελιά, ...
Hungarian:hanyagság, lezserség, ...
Khmer:ការធ្វេសប្រហែស, ភាពមិនខ្វល់ខ្វាយ, ...
Korean:태만, 태연함, ...
Polish:niedbałość, beztroska, ...
Portuguese (BR):negligência, despreocupação, ...
Romanian:neglijență, nonșalanță, ...
Swedish:vårdslöshet, nonchalans, ...
Thai:ความเฉยเมย, ความสบายๆ, ...
Turkish:ihmalkârlık, rahatlık, ...
Vietnamese:sự cẩu thả, sự lãnh đạm, ...

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