canard

noun
🔊/ˈkænɑːd/, 🔊/kəˈnɑːd/
🔊/ˈkænɑːrd/
(formal)
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  1. a false report or piece of news虚假的报道;假新闻Topics TV, radio and newsc2
    Word Originmid 19th cent.: from French, literally ‘duck’, also ‘hoax’, from Old French caner ‘to quack’.