Meaning

4 senses
  1. A false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so.

    Zeitungsente, Ente

    у́ткаútka

    a deliberately misleading fabrication

  2. A type of aircraft in which the primary horizontal control and stabilization surfaces are in front of the main wing.

    Canard, Entenflugzeug, Entenflügler

  3. (broadly)A horizontal control and stabilization surface located in front of the main wing of an aircraft.

  4. (broadly)Any small winglike structure on a vehicle, usually used for stabilization.

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
false or misleading report or story:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
false or misleading report or story:
type of aircraft:

Origin

Borrowed from French canard (“duck, hoax”).

Borrowed from French canard (“duck, hoax”).

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Forms

plural: canards
Singularcanard
Pluralcanards

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
false or misleading report or story:hoax

Word family

1 related words
Derivedcanarded

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
canard — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto