to tie, to knot
Elle l'a aidé à nouer sa cravate car il ignorait comment faire.
She helped him tie his tie because he didn’t know how to do it.
Tu pense que je ne sais pas nouer une cravate ?
Do you think I don't know how to tie a tie?
— La Vie des autres (2006)
Peux-tu me montrer comment nouer une cravate ?
Can you show me how to tie a tie?
Elle l'a ida à nouer sa cravate car il ignorait comment faire.
She helped him tie his tie because he didn’t know how.
Ou tu ne sais pas nouer de cravate, vieux poète travailleur ?
Or do you not know how to tie a tie, you old working poet?
— La Vie des autres (2006)