canardn.

Brit.

/kəˈnɑːd/,

/kaˈnɑːd/,

/ˈkanɑːd/, U.S.

/kəˈnɑrd/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French canard.

Etymology: < French canard duck (13th cent. in Old French, although earlier currency is implied by use as a surname (1199)), false or unfounded story, rumour, or claim (c1750; compare bailler un canard à moitié to deceive (a person), lit. ‘to sell a half-duck’ (1584)), probably < Old French caner to cackle (although this is apparently first attested slightly later: 1204; of imitative origin) + -art -ard suffix, after malart mallard n.Compare the following earlier use of the French word in the sense ‘duck’ in an English context:1569 E. Fenton tr. P. Boaistuau Certaine Secrete Wonders Nature f. 115^v The others [sc. feathers] which couer hir chin be moste delicate, tender, and resemble a piercyng coloure like to the greene, and not much vnlike to those whiche we see vpon the heades of Canardes [Fr. Canards]. With sense 2 compare French canard , adjective (1909 or earlier). With sense 4 compare earlier borrowing of canard in French culinary phrases:1836 A. S. Mackenzie Spain Revisited I. 78 I made an incursion into a pâté of foie de canard.1899 Amer. Bee Jrnl. 14 Dec. 787/2 The world is moving, and we can now eat ‘canard aux navets’..in American homes.1979 Washington Post (Nexis) 1 Apr. (Mag.) 44 Canard paysanne may be the best of the duck dishes, for it has the benefit of fresh carrots and mushrooms and diced bacon to season it.2003 N. Aloni Cooking for Company 201 Canard a l'orange followed by s'mores was such a hit I served it to every house.

1. A false or unfounded story, rumour, or claim, esp. one that is deliberately misleading; (originally) spec. an extravagant or absurd story circulated to deceive the credulous; a hoax.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > [noun] > false tale

bam1728

bronze1817

canard1843

bluff1846

sleigh-ride1931

blag1962

1843 Foreign Q. Rev. 31 184 The story of Gaspard Hauser was a ‘canard’.

1853 Scotsman 20 Apr. 4/2 The history of remarkable canards. On how small a basis of probabilities the Times built up its story.

1880 W. Day Racehorse in Training xix. 185 The canards so industriously circulated as to the real cause of the deadly opposition he had met with.

1919 Red Cross Mag. Apr. 80/2 When next you encounter, among knitting circles, that old canard about army socks being thrown away after one wearing, just kill it with the above facts.

1968 M. R. D. Foot Gladstone Diaries I. p. xlix The man who launched the canard that it was really Gladstone who wrote Dickens's novels.

1998 Time 29 June 86/1 So many bizarre and irresponsible rumors—and, yes, outright lies—have been circulated lately about our redoubtable mayor, the canards at last must be countered.

2014 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 20 July 14 The old canard that women don't vote for women has been comprehensively debunked.

2. Any of various shades of blue or green resembling those prominent in the plumage of certain breeds of duck. Also more fully canard blue, canard green. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [noun] > other blues

blue-green1659

water blue1723

king's blue1778

garter-blue1792

smalt-blue1794

pencil blue1815

stone-bluea1855

azuline1864

night-blue1868

canard1872

Labrador blue1873

electric1882

chasseur-blue1900

cornflower1907

petrol blue1913

larkspur1927

petrol1927

flow-blue1961

the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [noun] > shade or tint of green > other greens

beech-greenc1450

frost on green1559

sap1572

apple green1648

sap-green1686

myrtle green1717

Brunswick green1790

pistachio1791

pistachio green1793

mountain green1794

lettuce green1834

copper-green1843

canard1872

myrtle1872

leaf-green1880

cress-green1883

cresson1883

watercress green1883

lizard-green1897

jade1921

apple1923

laurel1923

mango1930

laurel-green1938

lettuce1963

mint1967

1872 Manch. Weekly Times 28 Sept. Suppl. 311/3 A new dark green..that certainly has some resemblance to the rich colouring in a wild duck's neck, is called canard.

1873 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Daily Sentinel 31 Aug. 2/4 A few of the peacock shades are shown and labeled canard blue..or swallow blue.

1879 Christian Union 9 Apr. 352/2 A dark shade of Canard green is trimmed with stripes of light blue and gold color.

1908 Dry Goods Reporter 22 Aug. 109/1 These combination cloths are shown..in all of the new shades. Black and white, brown and white, blue and white, canard and white and cedar and white.

1937 Times 22 Sept. 15/6 Greens have a greyish cast, such as sage-green, ‘canard’, and the green of a eucalyptus leaf.

3. Aeronautics. Originally: an aircraft with a smaller wing-like surface positioned forward of the main wing. In later use chiefly: a small wing-like projection attached to an aircraft forward of the main wing to provide extra stability or control, sometimes replacing the tail. Also in extended use. Frequently attributive.

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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > with wings in front of lifting surface

canard1911

society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > small surface providing stability or control

canard1964

1911 Flight 11 Feb. 121/2 In spite of its unorthodox appearance the Voisin ‘Canard’, their latest biplane, with the tail in front, has been showing its ability to fly.

1928 C. F. S. Gamble Story N. Sea Air Station Introd. 11 These monoplanes were of the ‘Canard’ (or ‘tail first’) type.

1961 New Scientist 16 Nov. 416/3 Most tentative designs for a Mach 3 liner provide for a canard form with the main wing at the rear.

1964 Sci. Amer. June 27/3 SCAT 17 is a delta-wing design with a canard, or balancing surface, at the nose.

1983 Aviation Week & Space Technol. 6 June 16 ACX has a cranked delta wing and is fitted with an all-moving canard mounted forward of and above the wing.

2000 Canoeist Apr. 28/1 (advt.) Ultra slicy ends with canards.

2002 New Scientist 1 June 22/3 The aircraft relies on lift from a tailplane and from stubby aerofoils called canards mounted on its nose.

4. Chiefly in France or French contexts: a duck or duck meat as food.

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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > fowls > [noun] > duck

mallarda1425

teal?c1475

duck1774

canard1913

1913 ‘F. Danby’ Concert Pitch vi. 70 He even asked..that one dish—canard with a mousse of foie gras—should be handed again.

1996 Eat Soup Dec. 45/3 Other options were whole grilled Scottish lobster at £22, and confit of canard with honey and cloves.

2012 Racing Post (Nexis) 8 Jan. 13 A few minutes later, the canard duly arrives in a dumpling-style arrangement.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	canard
释义	canardn. Brit. /kəˈnɑːd/, /kaˈnɑːd/, /ˈkanɑːd/, U.S. /kəˈnɑrd/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French canard. Etymology: < French canard duck (13th cent. in Old French, although earlier currency is implied by use as a surname (1199)), false or unfounded story, rumour, or claim (c1750; compare bailler un canard à moitié to deceive (a person), lit. ‘to sell a half-duck’ (1584)), probably < Old French caner to cackle (although this is apparently first attested slightly later: 1204; of imitative origin) + -art -ard suffix, after malart mallard n.Compare the following earlier use of the French word in the sense ‘duck’ in an English context:1569 E. Fenton tr. P. Boaistuau Certaine Secrete Wonders Nature f. 115^v The others [sc. feathers] which couer hir chin be moste delicate, tender, and resemble a piercyng coloure like to the greene, and not much vnlike to those whiche we see vpon the heades of Canardes [Fr. Canards]. With sense 2 compare French canard , adjective (1909 or earlier). With sense 4 compare earlier borrowing of canard in French culinary phrases:1836 A. S. Mackenzie Spain Revisited I. 78 I made an incursion into a pâté of foie de canard.1899 Amer. Bee Jrnl. 14 Dec. 787/2 The world is moving, and we can now eat ‘canard aux navets’..in American homes.1979 Washington Post (Nexis) 1 Apr. (Mag.) 44 Canard paysanne may be the best of the duck dishes, for it has the benefit of fresh carrots and mushrooms and diced bacon to season it.2003 N. Aloni Cooking for Company 201 Canard a l'orange followed by s'mores was such a hit I served it to every house. 1. A false or unfounded story, rumour, or claim, esp. one that is deliberately misleading; (originally) spec. an extravagant or absurd story circulated to deceive the credulous; a hoax. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > [noun] > false tale bam1728 bronze1817 canard1843 bluff1846 sleigh-ride1931 blag1962 1843 Foreign Q. Rev. 31 184 The story of Gaspard Hauser was a ‘canard’. 1853 Scotsman 20 Apr. 4/2 The history of remarkable canards. On how small a basis of probabilities the Times built up its story. 1880 W. Day Racehorse in Training xix. 185 The canards so industriously circulated as to the real cause of the deadly opposition he had met with. 1919 Red Cross Mag. Apr. 80/2 When next you encounter, among knitting circles, that old canard about army socks being thrown away after one wearing, just kill it with the above facts. 1968 M. R. D. Foot Gladstone Diaries I. p. xlix The man who launched the canard that it was really Gladstone who wrote Dickens's novels. 1998 Time 29 June 86/1 So many bizarre and irresponsible rumors—and, yes, outright lies—have been circulated lately about our redoubtable mayor, the canards at last must be countered. 2014 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 20 July 14 The old canard that women don't vote for women has been comprehensively debunked. 2. Any of various shades of blue or green resembling those prominent in the plumage of certain breeds of duck. Also more fully canard blue, canard green. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [noun] > other blues blue-green1659 water blue1723 king's blue1778 garter-blue1792 smalt-blue1794 pencil blue1815 stone-bluea1855 azuline1864 night-blue1868 canard1872 Labrador blue1873 electric1882 chasseur-blue1900 cornflower1907 petrol blue1913 larkspur1927 petrol1927 flow-blue1961 the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [noun] > shade or tint of green > other greens beech-greenc1450 frost on green1559 sap1572 apple green1648 sap-green1686 myrtle green1717 Brunswick green1790 pistachio1791 pistachio green1793 mountain green1794 lettuce green1834 copper-green1843 canard1872 myrtle1872 leaf-green1880 cress-green1883 cresson1883 watercress green1883 lizard-green1897 jade1921 apple1923 laurel1923 mango1930 laurel-green1938 lettuce1963 mint1967 1872 Manch. Weekly Times 28 Sept. Suppl. 311/3 A new dark green..that certainly has some resemblance to the rich colouring in a wild duck's neck, is called canard. 1873 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Daily Sentinel 31 Aug. 2/4 A few of the peacock shades are shown and labeled canard blue..or swallow blue. 1879 Christian Union 9 Apr. 352/2 A dark shade of Canard green is trimmed with stripes of light blue and gold color. 1908 Dry Goods Reporter 22 Aug. 109/1 These combination cloths are shown..in all of the new shades. Black and white, brown and white, blue and white, canard and white and cedar and white. 1937 Times 22 Sept. 15/6 Greens have a greyish cast, such as sage-green, ‘canard’, and the green of a eucalyptus leaf. 3. Aeronautics. Originally: an aircraft with a smaller wing-like surface positioned forward of the main wing. In later use chiefly: a small wing-like projection attached to an aircraft forward of the main wing to provide extra stability or control, sometimes replacing the tail. Also in extended use. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > with wings in front of lifting surface canard1911 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > small surface providing stability or control canard1964 1911 Flight 11 Feb. 121/2 In spite of its unorthodox appearance the Voisin ‘Canard’, their latest biplane, with the tail in front, has been showing its ability to fly. 1928 C. F. S. Gamble Story N. Sea Air Station Introd. 11 These monoplanes were of the ‘Canard’ (or ‘tail first’) type. 1961 New Scientist 16 Nov. 416/3 Most tentative designs for a Mach 3 liner provide for a canard form with the main wing at the rear. 1964 Sci. Amer. June 27/3 SCAT 17 is a delta-wing design with a canard, or balancing surface, at the nose. 1983 Aviation Week & Space Technol. 6 June 16 ACX has a cranked delta wing and is fitted with an all-moving canard mounted forward of and above the wing. 2000 Canoeist Apr. 28/1 (advt.) Ultra slicy ends with canards. 2002 New Scientist 1 June 22/3 The aircraft relies on lift from a tailplane and from stubby aerofoils called canards mounted on its nose. 4. Chiefly in France or French contexts: a duck or duck meat as food. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > fowls > [noun] > duck mallarda1425 teal?c1475 duck1774 canard1913 1913 ‘F. Danby’ Concert Pitch vi. 70 He even asked..that one dish—canard with a mousse of foie gras—should be handed again. 1996 Eat Soup Dec. 45/3 Other options were whole grilled Scottish lobster at £22, and confit of canard with honey and cloves. 2012 Racing Post (Nexis) 8 Jan. 13 A few minutes later, the canard duly arrives in a dumpling-style arrangement. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † canardv. Origin: A borrowing from French, combined with an English element. Etymons: French canarder , canard n. Etymology: In sense 1 < French canarder (1826 in this sense; < canard duck: see canard n.). In sense 2 < canard n. Compare earlier canarding n., canarding adj. Obsolete. rare. 1. intransitive. To play a wind instrument in such a way as to produce a harsh sound like that of a duck. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing wind instrument > play wind instrument [verb (intransitive)] > make harsh sound canard1841 growl1935 1841 Fraser's Mag. Apr. 399/1 A ragged starveling, canarding on a clarionet. 2. intransitive. Of a false report or story: to spread, be circulated. Cf. canard n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > publish or spread abroad [verb (intransitive)] > as a false report canard1862 1862 W. H. Russell in Times 27 Mar. Stories of all sorts last week respecting his resignation..which may be heard canarding about in the halls of the hotels. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1843v.1841
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