canard

ca·nard  (k-närd)

n.

1. An unfounded or false, deliberately misleading story.

2.

a. 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.

b. An aircraft whose horizontal stabilizing surfaces are forward of the main wing.

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[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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canard [kæˈnɑːd (French) kanar]

n

1. (Communication Arts / Journalism & Publishing) a false report; rumour or hoax

2. (Engineering / Aeronautics) an aircraft in which the tailplane is mounted in front of the wing

[from French: a duck, hoax, from Old French caner to quack, of imitative origin]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

canard - a deliberately misleading fabrication fable, fabrication, fiction - a deliberately false or improbable account

Translations

canard [kæˈnɑːd] N → bulo m, chisme m

canard

n → (Zeitungs)ente f