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{{also|knöt|knôt}}
==English==
{{wikipedia|knot (disambiguation)|knot}}
[[Image:Alpine Butterfly Bend Final.jpg|thumb|right|A knot.]]
[[Image:Blue_6_3_Knot.png|thumb|right|A mathematical knot.]]

===Pronunciation===
* {{enPR|nŏt|a=RP}}, {{IPA|en|/nɒt/}}
* {{enPR|nŏt|a=GA}}, {{IPA|en|/nɑt/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-knot.ogg|a=US}}
* {{homophones|en|not|;|naught<aa:cot-caught>}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɒt|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|en|enm|knotte}}, from {{inh|en|ang|cnotta}}, from {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*knottō}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*knuttô}}, {{m|gem-pro|*knudô|t=knot}}; probably ultimately from {{der|en|ine-pro|*gnod-|t=to bind}}.

See also {{cog|goh|knoto}} ({{cog|de|Knoten}}, {{cog|nl|knot}}, {{cog|nds|Knütte}}; also {{cog|non|knútr}} > {{cog|da|knude}}, {{cog|sv|knut}}, {{cog|no|knute}}, {{cog|fo|knútur}}, {{cog|is|hnútur}}; also {{cog|la|nōdus}} and its Romance descendants. {{doublet|en|knout|node|nodus}}.

* {{sense|unit of speed}} From the practice of counting the number of knots in the log-line (as it is paid out) in a standard time. Traditionally spaced at one every {{frac|1|120}} of a mile.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# A [[loop]]ing of a piece of string or of any other long, flexible material that cannot be untangled without passing one or both ends of the material through its loops.
#: {{ux|en|Climbers must make sure that all '''knots''' are both secure and of types that will not weaken the rope.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|title=Taboo and the Perils of the Soul|passage=The obstructive tendency attributed to the '''knot''' in spiritual matters appears in a Swiss superstition that if, in sewing a corpse into its shroud, you make a '''knot''' on the thread, it will hinder the soul of the deceased on its passage to eternity.|year=1911|author=w:James George Frazer|page=310|chapter=V|series=The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion|seriesvolume=II|publisher=Macmillan and Co., Limited|location=London|edition=third}}
# {{lb|en|of hair|etc}} A [[tangle]]d [[clump]].
#: {{ux|en|The nurse was brushing '''knots''' from the protesting child's hair.}}
# A [[maze]]-like pattern.
#* {{RQ:Milton Paradise Lost|book=4|passage=Flowers worthy of paradise, which, not nice art / In beds and curious '''knots''', but nature boon / Poured forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain.|year=1873}}
# {{lb|en|mathematics}} A non-self-intersecting [[closed]] [[curve]] in (e.g., [[three-dimensional]]) [[space]] that is an abstraction of a knot (in sense 1 above). {{C|en|Curves}}
#: {{ux|en|A '''knot''' can be defined as a non-self-intersecting broken line whose endpoints coincide: when such a knot is constrained to lie in a plane, then it is simply a polygon.}}
# A difficult situation.
#: {{ux|en|I got into a '''knot''' when I inadvertently insulted a policeman.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1664|author=w:Robert South|title=A Sermon Preached Before the University at Christ-Church, Oxon
|passage=A man shall be perplexed with '''knots''', and problems of business, and contrary affairs.}}
# The [[whorl]] left in [[lumber]] by the base of a [[branch]] growing out of the tree's [[trunk]].
#: {{ux|en|When preparing to tell stories at a campfire, I like to set aside a pile of pine logs with lots of '''knots''', since they burn brighter and make dramatic pops and cracks.}}
# Local [[swelling]] in a tissue area, especially skin, often due to [[injury]].
#: {{ux|en|Jeremy had a '''knot''' on his head where he had bumped it on the bedframe.}}
# A [[tighten]]ed and [[contract]]ed part of a [[muscle]] that feels like a hard [[lump]] under the skin.
# A [[protuberant]] [[joint]] in a [[plant]].
# Any [[knob]], [[lump]], [[swelling]], or [[protuberance]].
#* {{RQ:Tennyson Idylls|page=185|passage=[T]he Queen who sat / With lips severely placid, felt the '''knot''' / Climb in her throat, {{...}}}}
# The swelling of the [[bulbus glandis]] in members of the dog family, {{taxfmt|Canidae|family}}.
# The point on which the action of a story depends; the [[gist]] of a matter.
#: {{ux|en|the '''knot''' of the tale}}
# {{lb|en|engineering}} A [[node]] {{gl|point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions}}
# A kind of [[epaulet]]; a [[shoulder knot]].
# A group of people or things.
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Richard 3|act=III|scene=i|passage=his ancient '''knot''' of dangerous adversarie}}
#* {{RQ:Scott Peveril of the Peak|passage=As they sat together in small, separate '''knots''', they discussed doctrinal and metaphysical points of belief.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1859|author=w:Henry David Thoreau|title=w:A Plea for Captain John Brown|url=https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/2567/pg2567-images.html
|passage=When, for instance, he saw a '''knot''' of the ruffians on the prairie, discussing, of course, the single topic which then occupied their minds, he would, perhaps, take his compass and one of his sons, and proceed to run an imaginary line right through the very spot on which that conclave had assembled, and when he came up to them, he would naturally pause and have some talk with them, learning their news, and, at last, all their plans perfectly; and having thus completed his real survey he would resume his imaginary one, and run on his line till he was out of sight.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1962|year_published=1963|month_published=January|author=w:James Baldwin|title={{w|Another Country (novel)|Another Country}}|location=New York, N. Y.|publisher=w:The Dial Press|page=4|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/anothercountry0000bald/page/4/mode/2up?q=bread|passage=At corners, under the lights, near drugstores, small '''knots''' of white, bright, chattering people showed teeth to each other, pawed each other, whistled for taxis, were whirled away in them, vanished through the doors of drugstores or into the blackness of side streets.}}
#* '''1968,''' Bryce Walton, ''Harpoon Gunner'', Thomas Y. Crowell Company, NY, (1968), page 20,
#*: He pushed through '''knots''' of whalemen grouped with their families and friends, and surrounded by piles of luggage.
# A bond of union; a connection; a tie.
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Henry 6-3|III|iii|passage=[I come] to crave a league of amity,<br>And lastly, to confirm that amity<br>With nuptial '''knot''' {{...}}}}
#* {{RQ:Joseph Hall The Balm of Gilead|passage=[I]t were very fit, {{...}} to observe carefully this previous betrothing of ourselves, ere we knit the '''knot''' that can never be loosed.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|title=Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments; Tending to Amuse the Fancy, and Inculcate Morality|passage=Indeed I would advise every ſingle lady, if poſſible, to attend her inamorato, pretty frequently at the card table; {{...}} if he is haſty or pettiſh with any one else in company, she may depend on the ſame fate when once the '''knot''' is tied.|year=1795|author=w:Joseph Addison|page=67|chapter=An Essay on Card-playing}}
# {{lb|en|aviation|nautical}} A unit of [[speed]], equal to one [[nautical mile]] per [[hour]].
#: {{syn|en|kn|kt}}
#: {{ux|en|Cedric claimed his old yacht could make 12 '''knots'''.}}
# {{lb|en|aviation}} A unit of [[indicated airspeed]], [[calibrated airspeed]], or [[equivalent airspeed]], which varies in its relation to the unit of speed so as to [[compensate]] for the effects of [[different]] [[ambient]] [[atmospheric]] [[conditions]] on aircraft [[performance]].
#: {{ux|en|In the early stages of reentry, due to the extremely-rarefied air at these altitudes, the space shuttle flew at only one to a few '''knots''' equivalent airspeed, even when its actual speed was many thousands of knots.}}
# {{lb|en|nautical}} A [[nautical mile]].
#: {{syn|en|nm}}
# {{lb|en|slang}} The [[bulbus glandis]].
# {{lb|en|fandom}} In [[omegaverse]] [[fiction]], a [[bulbus glandis]]-like structure on the [[penis]] of a [[male]] [[alpha]], which ties him to an [[omega]] during [[intercourse]].
#* {{quote-journal|en|author=Mark Shrayber|title='Knotting' Is the Weird Fanfic Sex Trend That Cannot Be Unseen|titleurl=https://jezebel.com/knotting-is-the-weird-fanfic-sex-trend-that-cannot-be-u-1606931767|journal=Jezebel|date=18 July 2014
|passage=Since the '''knot''' won't release until the alpha has finished and can't be controlled by either party, the sex has to go on until it's done.}}
#* '''2017''', Taylor Boulware, "Fascination/Frustration: Slash Fandom, Genre, and Queer Uptake", dissertation submitted to the University of Washington, [https://digital.lib.washington.edu/researchworks/bitstream/handle/1773/40073/Boulware_washington_0250E_17386.pdf?sequence=1 page 155]:
#*: The pair cannot separate until the '''knot''' has subsided – anywhere from twenty minutes to hours, depending on the fic.
#* '''2017''', Marianne Gunderson, "What is an omega? Rewriting sex and gender in omegaverse fanfiction", thesis submitted to the University of Oslo, [https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/60216/Omegaverse-MarianneGunderson.pdf?sequence=5&isAllowed=y page 89]:
#*: When John bites down on Sherlock's neck as his '''knot''' locks them together, the act which would otherwise be a tool for domination only reinforces the existing emotional bonds they have for each other.

=====Derived terms=====
{{der4|en
|Albright knot|alpine butterfly knot|alternating knot|angler's knot|arbor knot|Ashley's stopper knot|Bachmann knot|bag knot|balloon knot|Bantu knot|barrel knot|beer knot|binding knot|blood knot|bowstring knot|butterfly knot|Clytie knot|constrictor knot|Conway knot|cut the Gordian knot|cut the knot|cystine knot|dolly knot|English knot|Englishman's knot|equalizer knot|Euro death-knot|fat knot|Fintushel-Stern knot|fire-escape knot|fisherman's knot|French knot|get one's knickers in a knot|get one's shorts in a knot|Ghiordes knot|Grecian knot|handcuff knot|honda knot|human knot|jufti knot|knot diagram|knot span|Lissajous knot|love knot|manharness knot|milk knot|miller's knot|nail knot|Nubian knot|overhand knot|Philadelphia knot|porter's knot|Pratt knot|pretzel knot|Psyche knot|rose knot|running knot|sack knot|schoolboy knot|seek a knot in a bulrush|Shelby knot|shepherd's knot|shroud knot|simple knot|slice knot|slip knot|square knot|Stafford knot|stevedore's knot|stopper knot|Suebian knot|surfer's knot|surgeon's knot|sword knot|thumb knot|tie the knot|trefoil knot|true lover's knot|true-love knot|true-love-knot|Turkish knot|wall knot|water knot|waterman's knot|weaver's knot
|kn|burr knot|electrician's knot|grass knot|grief knot|knot garden|shoulder-knot|Suevian knot|tape knot|underwriter's knot
|kt
|Celtic knot
|garlic knot|fireman's chair knot|hobble knot|olive knot
|get knotted
|Gordian knot
|granny knot
|KCAS
|KEAS
|KIAS
|knot theory|bowknot|breastknot|endknot|inknot|interknot|knotberry|knotful|knotgrass|knothead|knothole|knotless|knotlike|knotoid|knotroot|knottable|knottin|knottle|knotweed|knotwork|knotwort|misknot|pseudoknot|reknot|topknot
|knotter
|knotty
|KTAS
|reef knot
|slipknot
|square knot
|thief knot
|unknot
|Windsor knot
}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|looping}}
* Abkhaz: {{t|ab|аиқәҳәала|sc=Cyrl}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|nyjë|f}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|عُقْدَة|f}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|հանգույց}}
* Aromanian: {{t|rup|nod}}
* Assamese: {{t|as|গাঁঠি}}
* Asturian: {{t|ast|nuedu|m}}, {{t|ast|ñuedu|m}}, {{t|ast|nudu|m}}, {{t|ast|ñudu|m}}
* Avar: {{t|av|гарацӏ}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|düyün}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|төйөн|sc=Cyrl}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|lotu}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|ву́зел|m}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|গিঁট}}
* Bhojpuri: {{t|bho|गाँठ}}
* Breton: {{t+|br|koulm|m}}, {{t|br|kouloum|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|въ́зел|m}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|အထုံးအဖွဲ့}}, {{t+|my|ရေမိုင်}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|nus|m}}
* Chechen: {{t|ce|шад}}
* Chichewa: {{t|ny|mfundo}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|結|tr=jiē}}, {{t+|cmn|繩結}}
* Cornish: {{t|kw|kolm}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|uzel|m}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|knude|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|knoop|m}}, {{t+|nl|knot|f|m}}
* Egyptian: {{t-egy|ṯzt|f|h=T:z-t:Tz}}
* Elfdalian: {{t|ovd|knaut|m}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|nodo}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|sõlm}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|knútur|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|solmu}}
* French: {{t+|fr|nœud|m}}
* Friulian: {{t|fur|grop|m}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|nó|m}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ნასკვი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Knoten|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|κόμπος|m}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ἅμμα|n}}
* Greenlandic: {{t|kl|qilerneq}}
* Haitian Creole: {{t|ht|ne}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|קֶשֶׁר|m|tr=késher}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|गाँठ|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|csomó}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|hnútur|m}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|buhul}}
* Ingush: {{t|inh|шод}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|nodo}}
* Irish: {{t+|ga|snaidhm|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|nodo|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|結び目|tr=むすびめ, musubime|sc=Jpan}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|түйін}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|ចំណង}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|매듭}}, {{t+|ko|코}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|گرێ}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|түйүн}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ປົມ}}, {{t|lo|ເງື່ອນ}}
* Latgalian: {{t|ltg|mozgys|m}}
* Latin: {{t|la|nōdus|m}}
* Latvian: {{t+|lv|mezgls|m}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|mazgas|m}}
* Lombard: {{t|lmo|nöd}}, {{t|lmo|nœud}}
* Luxembourgish: {{t+|lb|Knuet|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|јазол|m}}
* Malagasy: {{t+|mg|fatotra}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|simpul}}
* Maltese: {{t|mt|għoqda|f}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|tīpona}}
* Mongolian: {{t+|mn|зангилаа}}
* Nepali: {{t+|ne|गाँठो}}
* Northern Sami: {{t|se|čuolbma}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|knute|m}}
* Occitan: {{t|oc|noset}}, {{t+|oc|nos|m}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|cnotta|m}}
* Ossetian: {{t|os|ӕлхынцъ}}, {{t|os|сыхуыл}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|دوگوم|tr=düğüm}}
* Pashto: {{t+|ps|غوټه|f|tr=ǧuṭa}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|گره|tr=gere}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|węzeł|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|nó|m}}
* Punjabi: {{t|pa|ਗੰਢ|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|nod}}
* Romansch: {{t|rm|nuf}}, {{t|rm|nuv}}, {{t|rm|nouv}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|у́зел|m}}
* Sanskrit: {{t+|sa|ग्रन्थि}}
* Sardinian: {{t|sc|nodu|m}}, {{t|sc|nudu|m}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|snaidhm|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|чвор|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|čvor|m}}
* Sicilian: {{t+|scn|gruppu|m}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|uzol|m}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|vozel|m}}
* Sorbian:
*: Upper Sorbian: {{t|hsb|suk|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|nudo|m}}, {{t+|es|ñudo|m}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|fundo}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|knop|c}}, {{t+|sv|knut|c}}, {{t+|sv|stek|c}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|buhol}}
* Tajik: {{t|tg|гиреҳ}}, {{t|tg|тугун}}
* Talysh:
*: Asalemi: {{t|tly|انگل|tr=angəl|sc=fa-Arab}}
* Taos: {{t|twf|cìʼíne}}
* Tatar: {{t+|tt|төен}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|ముడి}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ปม}}, {{t+|th|เงื่อน}}
* Tibetan: {{t|bo|མདུད་པ}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|düğüm}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|düwün}}
* Tuvan: {{t|tyv|доң}}, {{t|tyv|дүүшкүн}}, {{t|tyv|чүс}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|ву́зол|m}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|گرہ|f|tr=girah}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|تۈگۈن}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|tugun}}
* Venetan: {{t+|vec|grop|m}}, {{t|vec|gropo|m}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|nút}}, {{t+|vi|nơ}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|cwlwm|m}}
* West Frisian: {{t|fy|knoop}}
* White Hmong: {{t-needed|mww}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|פּעקל|m}}
* Zhuang: {{t-needed|za}}
* Zulu: {{t|zu|ifindo}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|tangled clump}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|chomáč|m}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|knude|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|kluwen|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|solmu}}, {{t+|fi|takku}} {{q|of hair or fur}}
* French: {{t+|fr|nœud|m}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|კვანძი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Knoten|m}}, {{t+|de|Fitz|m}} {{qualifier|regional}}, {{t+|de|Filz|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|κόμπος}}
* Gujarati: {{t|gu|ગાંઠ}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|गाँठ|f}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|hnútur|m}}, {{t+|is|flækja|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|nodo|m}}
* Lombard: {{t|lmo|nœud|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|кло́пче|n}}
* Mansaka: {{t|msk|boko}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|knute}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|گره|tr=gere}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|nó|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|nod}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|клубо́к|m}}, {{t+|ru|колту́н|m}} ''of hair or fur on a living creature or person''
* Sanskrit: {{t+|sa|ग्रन्थि|m}}
* Sicilian: {{t+|scn|gruppu|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|nudo|m}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|fundo}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|knut|c}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ปม}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|ковту́н|m}}, {{t+|uk|клуб|m}}, {{t|uk|клубо́к|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|maze-like pattern}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|kluwen|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|solmu}}
* German: {{t+|de|Knäuel|n}}, {{t+|de|Fitz|m}} {{qualifier|regional}}, {{t+|de|Gewirr|n}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|भूलभुलैया|f}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|јазол|m}}, {{t|mk|свиок|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|emaranhado|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|у́зел|m}}, {{t+|ru|завито́к|m}}
* Sicilian: {{t|scn|nturciniatu|m}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|ву́зол|m}}, {{t|uk|за́круток|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|(mathematics) closed curve}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|紐結|tr=niǔjié}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|uzel|m}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|knude|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|knoop|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|solmu}}
* French: {{t+|fr|nœud|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Knoten|m}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|कुंडली|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|結び目|tr=むすびめ, musubime}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|јазол|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|węzeł|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|nó|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|у́зел|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|чвор|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|čvor|m}}
* Sicilian: {{t+|scn|gruppu|m}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|vozel|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|knut|c}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|ву́зол|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|difficult situation}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|затруднение|n}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|potíž|f}}
* Danish: {{t|da|hårdknude|c}}
* Dutch: {{t|nl|de [[knoop]]|m}}, {{t|nl|[[knoei]](boel)}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kiipeli}}, {{t+|fi|kiikki}}, {{t+|fi|pulma}}, {{t+|fi|solmu}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|სიძნელე}}, {{t|ka|დაბრკოლება}}
* German: {{t+|de|Verlegenheit|f}}, {{t+|de|Bredouille|f}} {{qualifier|French}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|klípa|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|nodo|m}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|난제}}, {{t+|ko|곤경}}
* Norwegian: {{t|no|trøbbel}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|nó|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|у́зел|m}}, {{t+|ru|клубо́к|m}}
* Sicilian: {{t+|scn|gruppu|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|knipa|c}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|скру́та|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|whorl in wood left by branch}}
* Aleut: {{t|ale|tahlidax̂}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|կոշտ}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|чеп|m}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|grop|m}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|suk|m}}
* Danish: {{t|da|knast|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|knoest|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|oksa}}, {{t|fi|oksankohta}}, {{t+|fi|oksankanta}}
* French: {{t+|fr|nœud|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Ast|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|κόμπος|m}}, {{t+|el|ρόζος|m}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|סיקוס|m|tr=síkus}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|cranra|m}}, {{t|ga|dual|m}}, {{t|ga|alt|m}}, {{t|ga|fadharcán|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|nodo|m}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|나무옹이}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|گرێ}}
* Latin: {{t|la|nōdus|m}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|māzers|m}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|gumbas|m}}, {{t|lt|antauga|f}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|колено|n}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|pūpeka}}, {{t|mi|pūmanga}}, {{t|mi|pūkanohi}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t+|mn|яр}}
*: Mongolian: {{t|mn|ᠶᠠᠷ᠎ᠠ}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|nó|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|сучо́к|m}}, {{t+|ru|сук|m}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|pluc|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|чвор|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|čvor|m}}
* Sicilian: {{t+|scn|gruppu|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|nudo|m}}
* Thai: {{t|th|ตาไม้}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|budak}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|сук|m}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|cainc|f}}, {{t|cy|cwgn|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|firm swollen tissue caused by injury}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|boule|f}}
* Danish: {{t|da|bule|c}}, {{t|da|hævelse|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|buil}}, {{t+|nl|bluts}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kuhmu}}, {{t+|fi|patti}}
* German: {{t+|de|Beule|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|όζος|m}}, {{t+|el|καρούμπαλο|n}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|गाँठ|m}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|혹}}, {{t+|ko|사마귀}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|gumbas|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|џумка|f}}, {{t|mk|жмучка|f}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|kul}}
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|flein|n}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|nó|m}}, {{t+|pt|galo|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|ши́шка|m}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|pluc|m}}
* Sicilian: {{t|scn|appurmuni|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|bula|c}}, {{t+|sv|svullnad|c}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|ґу́ля|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|a protuberant joint in a plant}}
* German: {{t+|de|Knoten|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|nautical unit of speed}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|عُقْدَة|f}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|korapilo}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|възел|m}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|nus|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|節|tr=jié}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|uzel|m}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|knob|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|knoop|m}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|nodo}}, {{t|eo|knoto}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|solmu}}
* French: {{t+|fr|nœud|m}}
* Georgian: {{t-needed|ka}}
* German: {{t+|de|Knoten|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|κόμβος|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|csomó}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|nodo|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|ノット|tr=notto}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|노트}}
* Latvian: {{t+|lv|mezgls|m}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|mazgas|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|јазол|m}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|noti}}
* Norwegian: {{t|no|knop}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|węzeł|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|nó|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|у́зел|m}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|mìle-mara|m}}
* Sicilian: {{t|scn|nodu|m}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|uzol|m}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|vozel|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|nudo|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|knop|c}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|นอต}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|knot}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|ву́зол|m}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|not|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

=====See also=====
* {{s|whorl in wood}} {{l|en|shake}}

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[form]] into a knot; to [[tie]] with a knot or knots.
#: {{ux|en|We '''knotted''' the ends of the rope to keep it from unravelling.}}
#* {{RQ:Tennyson Poems 1842|volume=II|poem=St. Simeon Stylites|page=56|passage=For many weeks about my loins I wore / The rope that haled the buckets from the well, / Twisted as tight as I could '''knot''' the noose, / And spake not of it to a single soul, / And spake not of it to a single soul, / Until the ulcer, eating through my skin, / Betray'd my secret penance, so that all / My brethren marvell'd greatly.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To form [[wrinkles]] in the [[forehead]], as a sign of [[concentration]], [[concern]], [[surprise]], etc.
#: {{ux|en|She '''knotted''' her brow in concentration while attempting to unravel the tangled strands.}}
# To unite closely; to knit together.
#* {{RQ:Bacon War with Spain|passage=The party of the papists in England are become more '''knotted''', both in dependence towards Spain, and amongst themselves.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|obsolete|rare}} To entangle or perplex; to puzzle.
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To form knots.
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[knit]] knots for a [[fringe]].

=====Synonyms=====
* {{sense|form into a knot}} {{l|en|bind}}, {{l|en|tie}}
* {{sense|form wrinkles in forehead}} {{l|en|knit}}
* {{sense|unite closely}} {{l|en|attach}}, {{l|en|join}}, {{l|en|put together}}; see also [[Thesaurus:join]]
* {{sense|entangle or perplex}} {{l|en|baffle}}, {{l|en|flummox}}; see also [[Thesaurus:confuse]]

=====Antonyms=====
* {{antsense|form into a knot}} {{l|en|loosen}}, {{l|en|unbind}}, {{l|en|unknot}}, {{l|en|untie}}

=====Derived terms=====
*{{l|en|knot off}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|form into a knot; tie with knot(s)}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|عَقَدَ}}
* Aromanian: {{t|rup|nod}}, {{t|rup|anod}}
* Asturian: {{t|ast|anuedar}}, {{t|ast|anuar}}, {{t|ast|añudar}}, {{t|ast|añuar}}, {{t|ast|anuyar}}, {{t|ast|anuyar}}, {{t|ast|anoyar}}, {{t|ast|anodiar}}, {{t|ast|anodar}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|düymək}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|връзвам}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|zauzlovat}}
* Danish: {{t|da|knytte}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|knopen}}, {{t+|nl|aaneenknopen}}, {{t+|nl|dichtknopen}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|solmia}}
* French: {{t+|fr|nouer}}
* Friulian: {{t|fur|ingropâ}}
* German: {{t+|de|knoten}}
* Greek: {{t|el|[[δένω]] [[κόμπος|κόμπο]]}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|गाँठना}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|hnýta}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|annodare}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|گرێدان}}
* Latin: {{t|la|nōdō}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|sasiet mezglā}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|surišti mazgu}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|врзува}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|whakapōrohe}}
* Northern Sami: {{t|se|čuolbmat}}
* Norwegian: {{t|no|knyte}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|nosar}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|دوگوملمك|tr=düğümlemek}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|[[dar]] [[um]] [[nó]]}}, {{t|pt|[[fazer]] [[um]] [[nó]]}}
* Quechua: {{t|qu|khipuy}}, {{t|qu|iskiy}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|înnoda}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|[[завязывать]]/[[завязать]] [[узел|узлом]]}}
* Sardinian: {{t|sc|annodare}}, {{t|sc|annuai}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|cuir snaidhm air}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|zauzliť}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|vozlati}}, {{t|sl|zavozlati}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|anudar}}, {{t+|es|añudar}}
* Swahili: {{t|sw|funda}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|knyta}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|düğümlemek}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|зав'язувати на вузол}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|nukî}}, {{t+|wa|ranukî}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|form wrinkles in forehead}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|svraštit}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|rynke}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|fronsen}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|rypistää}} {{q|{{m|fi|otsa|otsaa}}}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|ζαρώνω}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|corrugare}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|се мурти}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|rynke}} {{t|no|rynker}} {{t|no|bekymringsrynker}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|franzir}}
* Swahili: {{t|sw|funda}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|rynka}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|мо́рщити|impf}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to tie together}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|свързвам}}
* Danish: {{t|da|sammenbinde}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|punoa}}, {{t|fi|solmeilla}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|whakapōrohe}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|зв'я́зувати|impf}}, {{t|uk|зв'яза́ти|pf}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====See also====
{{top2}}
* [[Appendix:Knots]]
* {{l|en|braid}}
* {{l|en|bruise}}
* {{l|en|hickey}}
* {{l|en|knit}}
* {{l|en|loop}}
* {{l|en|plait}}
* {{l|en|tangle}}
* {{l|en|tie}}
* {{l|en|weave}}
{{bottom}}

===Etymology 2===
Supposed to be derived from the name of {{w|King Canute}}, with whom the bird was a favourite article of food. See the [[specific epithet]] ''[[canutus]]''.
[[File:Calidris canutus.jpg|thumb|A knot (''Calidris canutus'')]]

====Noun====
{{en-noun|s|knot}}

# One of a variety of [[shore]] [[bird]]s; {{vern|red-breasted sandpiper}} (variously {{taxfmt|Calidris canutus|species}} or {{taxlink|Tringa canutus|species}}).
#* {{quote-text|en|year=c. 1610|author=w:Ben Jonson|title=The Alchemist
|passage=My foot-boy shall eat pheasants, calvered salmons, / '''Knots''', godwits, lampreys: I myself will have / The beards of barbels, served instead of salads {{...}}}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{col3|en
|great knot
|red knot
}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|variety of wading bird}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|исландски брегобегач|m}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|territ gros|m}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|jespák|m}}
* Danish: {{t|da|islandsk ryle|c}} {{qualifier|red knot}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|knot|m}} {{qualifier|red knot}}
* Faroese: {{qualifier|red knot}} {{t|fo|íslandsgrælingur|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|sirri}}; {{t+|fi|isosirri}} {{qualifier|Calidris canutus}}
* German: {{t+|de|Knutt|m}}, {{t|de|Knuttstrandläufer|m}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|cnota|m}}
* Italian: {{t|it|piovanello maggiore|m}} {{qualifier|red knot}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|huahou}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|bécachinne dé grève|f}} {{qualifier|Jersey}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|snipe|m|f}} {{qualifier|generic}}, {{t|nb|polarsnipe|m|f}} {{qualifier|red knot}}, {{t|nb|sibirsnipe|m|f}} {{qualifier|great knot}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|seixoeira|f}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|luatharan-gainmhich|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|жалар|m|sc=Cyrl}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|žalar|m}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|pobrežník|m}}, {{qualifier|red knot}} {{t|sk|pobrežník hrdzavý|m}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|correlimos|m}}, {{t+|es|playero|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|snäppa}} {{qualifier|generic}}, {{t+|sv|kustsnäppa}} {{qualifier|red knot}}, {{t|sv|kolymasnäppa}} {{qualifier|great knot}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|побере́жник ісла́ндський|m}}, {{t|uk|побере́жник черво́ний|m}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|pibydd|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====See also====
* {{pedia|Red Knot}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=knot|Tkon|tonk|Tonk|-kont}}

{{C|en|Animal body parts|Genitalia|Omegaverse|Sexuality|Scolopacids|Units of measure}}

==Czech==

===Pronunciation===
* {{cs-IPA}}

===Noun===
{{cs-noun|m-in}}

# a [[candle]] [[wick]]

====Declension====
{{cs-ndecl|m.locu:ě}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:cs:PSJC}}
* {{R:cs:SSJC}}

==Dutch==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nl|/knɔt/}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|nl|dum|cnudde}}, {{inh|nl|odt|*knotto}}, from {{der|nl|gem-pro|*knuttan-}}, {{m|gem-pro|*knuttô}}.

Related to {{m|nl|knod}}, {{cog|en|knot}}, {{cog|fy|knotte}}, {{cog|gmh|Knotze}}, {{cog|de|Knoten}}, {{cog|da|knude}}, {{cog|no|knute}}, {{cog|sv|knut}}, etc.

====Noun====
{{nl-noun|f|g2=m|-en|+}}

# a {{l|en|knot}}, [[bun]] (of hair), [[skein]]
# the [[top]] or [[crest]] (with messy branches) of certain woody plants, notably [[willow]]s
# a [[flax]] [[seed box]]
# {{lb|nl|dialect}} a [[marble]] to play with
# a [[prank]], [[joke]]

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|nl|knotten}} (verb)
* {{l|nl|knotrank}}
* {{l|nl|knottenkaf|g=n}}
* {{l|nl|haarknot}}
* {{l|nl|vlasknot}}
* {{l|nl|beknotten}} (verb)

=====Related terms=====
* {{l|nl|knotwilg}}

===Etymology 2===
From the cognate English {{m|en|knot}}, possibly influenced by {{der|nl|VL.|canutus||grey-headed", "grizzled}}.

====Noun====
{{nl-noun|f|g2=m|-en|+}}

# the bird species {{taxfmt|Calidris canutus|species}} (syn. {{taxlink|Tringa canutis|species}})

=====Synonyms=====
* {{l|nl|kanoetstrandloper|g=m}}
* {{l|nl|kanoetvogel|g=m}}

===Anagrams===
* {{l|nl|kont}}

==Indonesian==
{{wikipedia||lang=id}}

===Etymology===
{{internationalism|id}}, {{bor+|id|en|knot|t=a unit of speed|lit=a looping of a piece of string|nocap=1}}, from {{der|id|enm|knotte}}, from {{der|id|ang|cnotta}}, from {{der|id|gmw-pro|*knottō}}, from {{der|id|gem-pro|*knuttô}}, {{m|gem-pro|*knudô|t=knot}}; probably ultimately from {{der|id|ine-pro|*gnod-|t=to bind}}.

===Noun===
{{id-noun|head=|pl=-}}
# {{l|en|knot}}:
## {{lb|id|aviation|nautical}} a unit of speed, equal to one nautical mile per hour.
## {{lb|id|aviation}} a unit of indicated airspeed, calibrated airspeed, or equivalent airspeed, which varies in its relation to the unit of speed so as to compensate for the effects of different ambient atmospheric conditions on aircraft performance.
## {{lb|id|nautical}} a [[nautical mile]].

===Further reading===
* {{R:KBBI Daring}}

==Middle English==

===Noun===
{{head|enm|noun}}

# {{alt form|enm|knotte}}

==Polish==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|pl|gmh|knotze}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{pl-pr|a=Pl-knot.ogg}}

===Noun===
{{pl-noun|m-in|dim=knotek|dim2=knocik}}

# [[wick]] {{gl|of a candle}}

====Declension====
{{pl-decl-noun-m-in|gens=knota}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:pl:WSJP}}
* {{R:pl:PWN}}

==Swedish==

===Noun===
{{sv-noun|c}}

# {{syn of|sv|knorrhane|t=gurnard}}
#: {{syn|sv|gnoding}}

====Declension====
{{sv-infl-noun-c-ar}}

===Noun===
{{sv-noun|n}}

# [[grumbling]] (complaining under one's breath)
#: {{syn|sv|knorr}}

====Declension====
{{sv-noun-unc-irreg-n|2=knotet}}

===References===
* {{R:svenska.se|so}}
* {{R:svenska.se|saol}}
* {{R:svenska.se|saob}}

==Upper Sorbian==
{{wp|knoty|lang=hsb}}

===Etymology===
{{inh+|hsb|sla-pro|*krъ̀tъ}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{hsb-IPA}}
* {{rhymes|hsb|ɔt|s=1}}
* {{hyph|hsb|knot}}
* {{hyph|hsb|caption=Syllabification|knot}}

===Noun===
{{hsb-noun|m-anml}}

# [[mole]], [[talpid]] {{gloss|{{taxfmt|Talpidae|family}}}}
# {{lb|hsb|pejorative}} [[idiot]]

====Declension====
{{hsb-ndecl|m.anml.loc:knoće}}

===References===
* {{R:hsb:Soblex}}

{{C|hsb|Mammals|Soricomorphs}}