canular

canular (comparative more canular, superlative most canular)

1. Alternative form of cannular

• lacunar

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

• IPA^(key): /ka.ny.laʁ/

canular m (plural canulars)

1. hoax (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)

   Synonyms: supercherie, tromperie, farce, intox

   Mon pépé croit que l'atterrissage sur la Lune était un canular.

   My grandpa believes that the moon landing was a hoax.

• monter un canular

• “canular” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
• canular on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr