# chalant

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ʃəˈlɑnt/

## Definitions
1. Not nonchalant; careful, attentive, or concerned.

## Etymology
A back-formation from nonchalant, itself from Old French non- + chalant (“concerning, bothering”). By this process, the original Old French participle was coincidentally re-formed.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/chalant