Usage Note
Canular typically refers to a deceptive hoax or elaborate practical joke, often in a media or online context. It is more associated with deliberate misinformation than with a light-hearted prank (farce or blague). The act of perpetrating one is faire un canular.
Examples
"Cette nouvelle virale était un canular."
Natural Translation
That viral news story was a hoax.
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