to tie, to knot
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)
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.
Elle l'aida à nouer sa cravate car il ignorait comment faire.
She helped him tie his tie because he didn’t know how.
Peux-tu me montrer comment nouer une cravate ?
Can you show me how to tie a tie?