Polyglot Dictionary

canular

/ka.ny.laʁ/

le noun B2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
canulars

Meaning

  1. hoax, practical joke (especially a staged April Fool's hoax)

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Usage notes

Terme typiquement utilisé pour une fausse nouvelle ou une farce organisée, surtout le 1er avril (poisson d'avril) — registre courant mais plus spécifique que « blague ».

Practice

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3 Which fingerprint chart matches canular?

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