bobard

From Old French bobe (“lie”) +‎ -ard.

• IPA^(key): /bɔ.baʁ/

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bobard m (plural bobards)

1. (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.

• “bobard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• babord, bâbord