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Translate humbug from English to French

Summary

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humbug:
- bêtises; baliverne; ineptie; balivernes; chose sans valeur
Wiktionary:
- humbug → berlingot, blague
- humbug → des bêtises

English

Detailed Translations for humbug from English to French

humbug:

humbug [the ~] noun

the humbug (nonsense; baloney; twaddle; folly; tattle; piffle)
la bêtises; la baliverne; l'ineptie; la balivernes
- bêtises [la ~] noun
- baliverne [la ~] noun
- ineptie [la ~] noun
- balivernes [la ~] noun
the humbug (baloney; trumpery)
la chose sans valeur
- chose sans valeur [la ~] noun

Translation Matrix for humbug:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
baliverne	baloney; folly; humbug; nonsense; piffle; tattle; twaddle	balderdash; baloney; bull; burble; drivel; empty talk; gibberish; hot air; jabber; jaw; piffle; prattle; rot; rubbish; twaddle; waffle
balivernes	baloney; folly; humbug; nonsense; piffle; tattle; twaddle	babble; cackling; chatter; claptrap; gabble; gibberish; idle gossip; jabber; nonsense; old wives tales; rubbish; trifling; yacking
bêtises	baloney; folly; humbug; nonsense; piffle; tattle; twaddle	foolishness; gibberish; madness; nonsense; rubbish; stupidity; tattle
chose sans valeur	baloney; humbug; trumpery
ineptie	baloney; folly; humbug; nonsense; piffle; tattle; twaddle
-	dupery; fraud; fraudulence; hoax; put-on; snake oil
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	fraud; racket; racketeering; swindle

Related Words for "humbug":

humbugs

Synonyms for "humbug":

baloney; boloney; bilgewater; bosh; drool; taradiddle; tarradiddle; tommyrot; tosh; twaddle; nonsense; bunk; nonsensicality; meaninglessness; hokum
snake oil; misrepresentation; deceit; deception
fraud; fraudulence; dupery; hoax; put-on; trickery; chicanery; chicane; guile; wile; shenanigan
deceive; lead on; delude; cozen

Related Definitions for "humbug":

something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage¹
communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive¹
trick or deceive¹

Wiktionary Translations for humbug:

humbug

noun

confiserie|fr bonbon de sucre en forme de tétraèdre.
- berlingot → humbug; carton
Vessie ou petit sachet de grosse toile, de pélican ou de peau dans lequel les fumeurs mettent le tabac dont ils font usage.
- blague → sly joke; fib; porky; humbug

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• humbug	→ des bêtises	↔ Humbug — salopp, abwertend: etwas Unglaubwürdiges, Törichtes

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¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University