désinvolture
French, noun/de.zɛ̃.vɔl.tyʁ/
désinvolture is spelled D-É-S-I-N-V-O-L-T-U-R-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 39,702nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Désinvolture is a French feminine noun meaning “casual manner, casualness, flippancy, nonchalance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tournure ou tenue pleine d’aisance et de laisser-aller”.
What does désinvolture mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecasual manner, casualness, flippancy, nonchalance
avec désinvolture
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tournure ou tenue pleine d’aisance et de laisser-aller. 2. Manière trop libre d’agir, de se comporter à l’égard de quelqu’un.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of désinvolture
- désinvoltures plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce désinvolture?
- /de.zɛ̃.vɔl.tyʁ/
- \de.zɛ̃.vɔl.tyʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to désinvolture
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is désinvolture in French?
désinvolture appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).