insouciance

English

Etymology

From French insouciance, from in- (“not”) + souciant (“worrying”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsuːsi.əns/

Noun

insouciance (countable and uncountable, plural insouciances)

carelessness, heedlessness, indifference, or casual unconcern
nonchalance

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:apathy

Translations

carelessness, heedlessness, indifference, or casual unconcern

German: Sorglosigkeit (de) f, Unbesorgtheit f, Unbekümmertheit f
Romanian: impasibilitate (ro) f, nepăsare (ro) f, indiferență (ro) f

Russian: безразли́чие (ru) n (bezrazlíčije)

nonchalance

German: Lässigkeit (de) f, Unbekümmertheit f, Zwanglosigkeit f, Nonchalance (de) f
Romanian: nonșalanță (ro) f, degajare (ro) f, dezinvoltură (ro) f

Russian: беззабо́тность (ru) f (bezzabótnostʹ)

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.su.sjɑ̃s/
Rhymes: -ɑ̃s

Noun

insouciance f (plural insouciances)

insouciance, unconcern

Further reading

“insouciance” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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