noeud

See also: nœud

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nø/
Audio (file)

Noun

noeud m (plural noeuds)

Nonstandard spelling of nœud.

Usage notes

The œ ligature is often replaced in contemporary French with oe (the œ character does not appear on AZERTY keyboards), but this is nonstandard.

Further reading

“noeud” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norman

Etymology

From Old French neu, from Latin nōdus.

Noun

noeud m (plural noeuds)

(Jersey) knot

Derived terms

faithe un noeud (“to tie a knot”)
haler ès noeuds (“to draw lots”)
hèrbe à mille noeuds (“corn spurrey”)
noeud couothant (“slip knot”)
noeud d'bôlinne (“bowline knot”)
noeud d'goulet d'boutelle (“sling knot”)
noeud d'ièrrîn (“manrope knot; rope ladder”)
noeud d'pendard (“hangman's noose”)
noeud d'ridgage (“shroud knot”)
noeud d'têtchiéthe (“cow hitch”)
noeud en tchu d'poulain (“granny knot”)
noeud papillote (“bow tie”)
pliat noeud (“reef knot”)

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