canard

ca·nard (k

-närd

)

1. An unfounded or false, deliberately misleading story.

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.

[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.]

canard [kæˈnɑːd (French) kanar]

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]

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Noun

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

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aircraft bitterly Cock and bull story deception Dodge Drake duck duckling fable fabrication fiction fraud hoax lame nonsense Peacock pond rag rumour	In London that night poor Henderson's telegram describing the gradual unscrewing of the shot was judged to be a canard, and his evening paper, after wiring for authentication from him and receiving no reply--the man was killed--decided not to print a special edition. The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context To comply with this request of holding a few as hostages for the surrender of the whole body, was deemed inconsistent with his instructions; but, as there could be no objection to allow a small number of them to return to their homes, permission was given to them to choose ten for the District of Minas (Horton) and ten for the District of Canard (Cornwallis) to whom leave of absence was given for one day, and on whose return a similar number were indulged in the same manner. Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context	Canal coal canal harbour Canal lock canal of Schlemm canal ray Canal Zone Canaletto canalicular canaliculate canaliculus canalis cervicis uteri canalis inguinalis canalis vertebralis canalisation canalise canalization canalize Canandaigua Lake Cananga Cananga odorata Canangium Canape canapé Canape confident Canara canard Canarese Canarias Canaries canary Canary bird Canary bird flower canary creeper Canary finch canary grass Canary Island hare's foot fern Canary Islands Canary Isles canary parrot canary seed Canary stone Canary vine canary whitewood Canary wine Canary wood canary yellow canary-bird flower canary-yellow canarybird flower canarybird vine canasta	Canandaigua Yacht Club Canandaigua, New York Cananea Cananea, Mexico Cananea, Sonora Cananga Cananga Cananga odorata Cananga odorata Cananga Oil Cananga Oil Canangium Cananor canape canapé Canape confident Canapés CANAPRO CANAPS Canaque Canaques Canar Canara Canara Canara Bank Institute of Information Technology Canara Bank Officers' Association Canara Pinto Travels canard Canard Rotor Wing Canards Canards Canards Canards Actuator System Canarese Canarese CANARI Canari Chant Club Canaria Canaria Canarian Coalition Canarias Canarias Canarias Autonomous Community Canarias Autonomous Community Canarias Autonomous Community, Spain Canarias Autonomous Community, Spain CANARIE CANARIE Canaries Canaries Canaries Canaries Canaries Canaries current Canario Canaris, Constantine Canaris, Walter Wilhelm Canaris, Wilhelm

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In London that night poor Henderson's telegram describing the gradual unscrewing of the shot was judged to be a canard, and his evening paper, after wiring for authentication from him and receiving no reply--the man was killed--decided not to print a special edition.

The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context

To comply with this request of holding a few as hostages for the surrender of the whole body, was deemed inconsistent with his instructions; but, as there could be no objection to allow a small number of them to return to their homes, permission was given to them to choose ten for the District of Minas (Horton) and ten for the District of Canard (Cornwallis) to whom leave of absence was given for one day, and on whose return a similar number were indulged in the same manner.

Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context

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