insouciance
Carelessness, heedlessness, indifference, or casual unconcernCarelessness, heedlessness, indifference, or casual unconcern.
» The cicada has represented insouciance since antiquity.
С древних времён цикада символизирует беззаботность.
З давніх часів цикада символізує безтурботність.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)Carelessness, heedlessness, indifference, or casual unconcern.
Sorglosigkeit, Unbesorgtheit, Unbekümmertheit
безразли́чиеbezrazlíčije
(countable, uncountable)Nonchalance.
Lässigkeit, Unbekümmertheit, Zwanglosigkeit
беззабо́тностьbezzabótnostʹ
- the cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you
Examples
1 sentencesThe cicada has represented insouciance since antiquity.
З давніх часів цикада символізує безтурботність. — shanghainese
ruС древних времён цикада символизирует беззаботность. — shanghainese
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From French insouciance, from in- (“not”) + souciant (“worrying”).From French insouciance, from in- (“not”) + souciant (“worrying”).
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Forms
plural: insouciances| Singular | insouciance |
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regular
Synonyms
3 synonyms- the cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you:carefreenesslightheartednesslightsomeness
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable