canard

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Quotations 1.3.2 Translations 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Derived terms 2.3.2 Related terms 2.4 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From French canard (“‘duck’”). It has been suggested that there was a French phrase "to half-sell a duck" which meant to fool or cheat someone.

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)d

[edit] Noun

canard (plural canards)

1. A false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so.
2. (aeronautics) A type of aircraft in which the primary horizontal control and stabilization surfaces are in front of the main wing.

[edit] Quotations

• 2005: It’s a cinch, now that Spurling has cleared away a century’s worth of misapprehensions and canards. — The New Yorker, 29 August 2005, page 78.

[edit] Translations

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From cane +‎ -ard, which evolved from the Old French ane (from the Latin anas (“‘a duck’”)). It has been suggested that the addition of the c enabled the word to be distinguished from âne (“‘donkey’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ka.naʁ/ X-SAMPA: /ka.naR/

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• Rhymes: -aʁ
• Homophones: canards

[edit] Noun

canard m. (plural canards; feminine cane, plural canes)

1. duck (of either sex)
2. drake (male duck)
3. (slang) (familiar) newspaper

   Le canard enchaîné

[edit] Derived terms

• canardage
• canarder
• canardière

[edit] Related terms

• cane
• canette
• caneton

[edit] Anagrams

• cadran