nonchalance
French, noun/nɔ̃.ʃa.lɑ̃s/
nonchalance is spelled N-O-N-C-H-A-L-A-N-C-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 44,936th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nonchalance is a French feminine noun meaning “nonchalance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Laisser-aller ; négligence ; apathie”.
What does nonchalance mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Laisser-aller ; négligence ; apathie. 2. Mollesse ; langueur ; indolence. 3. Relâchement, insouciance où l’on se complaît.
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 nonchalance
- nonchalances plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nonchalance?
- /nɔ̃.ʃa.lɑ̃s/
- \nɔ̃.ʃa.lɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nonchalance
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nonchalance in French?
nonchalance 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).