canular
French, noun/ka.ny.laʁ/
canular is spelled C-A-N-U-L-A-R (7 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written French, the 22,520th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Canular is a French masculine noun meaning “hoax (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bizutage”.
What does canular mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehoax (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
Mon pépé croit que l'alunissage était un canular.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bizutage. 2. Mystification humoristique perpétrée dans l’intention de tromper ou de faire réagir celui qui en est la cible. Il fait rire aux dépens de ceux qui l’ont cru. 3. Information fausse transmise souvent par messagerie électronique et incitant les destinataires abusés à effectuer des opérations ou à prendre des initiatives inutiles, voire dommageables.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of canular
- canulars plural
- canulard
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce canular?
- /ka.ny.laʁ/
- \ka.ny.laʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to canular
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is canular in French?
canular appears 1.7 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).