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Dictionary: ca·nard   (kə-närd') pronunciation
n.
  1. An unfounded or false, deliberately misleading story.
    1. A short winglike control surface projecting from the fuselage of an aircraft, such as a space shuttle, mounted forward of the main wing and serving as a horizontal stabilizer.
    2. An aircraft whose horizontal stabilizing surfaces are forward of the main wing.

[French, duck, canard, probably from the phrase vendre un canard à moitié, to sell half a duck, to swindle, from Old French quanart, duck, from caner, to cackle, of imitative origin.]


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(kuh-NAHRD) pronunciation

noun
1. A deliberately misleading story; hoax.
2. An airplane with small forward wings mounted in front of the main wings; also such a wing.

Etymology
From French, literally a duck. The term is said to have come from the French expression vendre un canard à moitié (to sell half a duck, or to take in or swindle)

Usage
"Lyndon Johnson's half-truths about the Gulf of Tonkin, supported by subservient media, embroiled the United States in a nasty war that took the lives of millions of souls. Ultimately, the Vietnam War's distortions and canards prevented him from running for a second term." — Mansour El-Kikhia; Realists Conquer Politics With Lies; San Antonio Express-News; Nov 28, 2003.


[kah-NARD; kah-NAR] The French word for "duck".

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a false or unfounded report or story
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - avisand, skrøne, missiltype

Nederlands (Dutch)
(opzettelijke) onware roddel (m.n. media)

Français (French)
n. - canard

Deutsch (German)
n. - (ugs.) Ente

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (καθομ.) παραμύθι, ασύστατη φήμη

Italiano (Italian)
fandonia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - rumor (m) falso, fofoca (f) jornalística

Русский (Russian)
газетная утка

Español (Spanish)
n. - noticia falsa, bulo, tipo de aeroplano

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tidningsanka

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
谣言, 误传

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 謠言, 誤傳

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 허위 보도, 유언비어

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 虚報, デマ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) بط, اشاعه كاذة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮סיפור בדים, תוספת להגה הגובה במטוס‬


 
 
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Canard (family name)
Le Canard enchaîné
confit (culinary)

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