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Nonchalant is a French loanword, but what is the literal translation of its older Latin roots?

nonchalant

[non-shuh-lahnt, non-shuh-lahnt, -luhnt] / ˌnɒn ʃəˈlɑnt, ˈnɒn ʃəˌlɑnt, -lənt /


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The plan is to keep being nonchalant about the whole thing, and hopefully their fan base will continue to grow.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

Heading into the results, investors were a bit more nonchalant about threats to the economy.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 14, 2026

The dandy may have many names, but we know him when we see him—he projects the aristocrat’s “superior air and nonchalant ennui,” Mr. Andersson writes, only a little too much.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026

However, with the nonchalant dance-funk of “Freedom! ’90” — a pedestal-detonating manifesto on which he announces “I don’t belong to you/And you don’t belong to me” — Michael takes pleasure in ripping up his playbook.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2017

“It was nothing, really. You should try it,” she said, nonchalant, though in one way, she was taken aback too.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen


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