canard
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[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
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canard (plural canards)
- A false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so.
- (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
false or misleading report or story
[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
[edit] Noun
canard m. (plural canards; feminine cane, plural canes)