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noun, masculine

canular

/ka.ny.laʁ/

noun, masculine/ka.ny.laʁ/plural: canulars

hoax (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)

Mon pépé croit que l'alunissage était un canular.My grandpa believes that the moon landing was a hoax.

Synonyms: supercherie, tromperie, farce, intox

Related: monter un canular

Originally student slang, from pseudo-Latin canularium, from canula, 1913.