bobard
French
editEtymology
editFrom Old French bobe (“lie”) + -ard.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbobard m (plural bobards)
- (informal, often in the plural) fib (a more or less inconsequential lie)
- Synonym: mensonge
- Je ne leur raconte pas de bobards.
- I'm not telling them any fibs.
Further reading
edit- “bobard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.