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The French word for duck is
canard





duck

Gender

The gender of canard is masculine. E.g. le canard.

Plural

The plural of canard is canards.

French Definition


duck
     1. n. (Oiseaux) Canard (mâle ou femelle).
     2. n. (Oiseaux) (En particulier) Cane (canard femelle) adulte, par opposition au canard mâle.
     3. n. Canard (viande).
     4. n. Action d'esquiver.
     5. n. (Cricket) Score de zéro.
     6. v. Esquiver, plonger, (se) baisser vivement, coucher.
           À terre !
           I told him to duck when I saw the incoming missile.
           He ducked the rock that was thrown at him.
     7. v. Tremper, immerger, faire boire la tasse
     8. v. Parer, s'abstenir de, éviter, défiler.



Translations for duck and their definitions

canard
     1. n-m. duck (of either sex)
     2. n-m. drake (male duck)
     3. n-m. canard, hoax
     4. n-m. (slang) newspaper
           Le canard enchaîné
     5. n-m. (slang) a man who complies with every desire of his partner in order to avoid conflict
     6. n-m. (slang) a man who tries to attract women by offering them gifts
     7. n-m. lump of sugar dunked in coffee or brandy
     8. n-m. (music, colloquial) off-note


cane
     1. n-f. duck (female duck)


esquiver
     1. v. to dodge (a blow), duck
     2. v. to evade, elude
     3. v. to sidestep, to strafe
     4. v. to slip away


baisser
     1. v. to lower
     2. v. to turn down (as a volume/setting)
     3. v. to go down, fall
     4. v. to fail
     5. v. to lower oneself; to bend over


plonger
     1. v. to dive
     2. v. (figuratively) to plunge
           plonger dans ses souvenirs - to take a trip down memory lane
     3. v. to immerse oneself (in something)



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