noeud

See also: nœud

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nø/

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Noun

noeud m (plural noeuds)

1. 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 Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norman

Etymology

From Old French neu, from Latin nōdus.

Noun

noeud m (plural noeuds)

1. (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”)