Canard

From Fresh Dictionary

Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Quotations 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.4 Related terms

English

Etymology

canard is a French word meaning duck (see below). It has been suggested that there was a French phrase "to half-sell a duck" which meant to fool or cheat someone.

Noun

canard (plural canards)

1. A deliberately false story.
2. A a type of aircraft in which the primary vertical control surface is in front of the main wing.

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.

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French

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ka.naʁ/
• SAMPA: /ka.naR/

Noun

	Singular	Plural
Male	canard /ka.naʁ/	canards /ka.naʁ/
Female	cane /kan/	canes /kan/

canard m (plural canards)

1. duck (of either sex)
2. drake
3. journal

   Le canard enchaîné

Related terms

• cane
• canette
• caneton

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