noeud
Noeud, written more commonly as nœud in modern French, is a French noun with several related senses. The primary meaning is knot: a compact interlacing of rope, string, or other slender material that binds or secures. The term can also describe a tangle, a decorative knot, or a point where things join or diverge.
Etymology: from Latin nodus, via Old French nœud, with the modern spelling reflecting the ligature œ.
Other uses include a unit of speed in nautical contexts: un nœud equals one nautical mile per
In science and learning, nœud translates as node or vertex: in graph theory and computer networks, a
Additionally, the phrase nœud gordien refers to the Gordian knot, used metaphorically to describe a problem