sac de nœuds
French, noun/sak də nø/
sac de nœuds is spelled S-A-C-D-E-N-Œ-U-D-S (10 letters). Sac de nœuds is a French masculine noun meaning “can of worms, tar baby, snarl” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Situation embrouillée, confuse, qu’il paraît difficile, voire impossible de tirer au clair”.
What does sac de nœuds mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecan of worms, tar baby, snarl
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Situation embrouillée, confuse, qu’il paraît difficile, voire impossible de tirer au clair.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sac de nœuds
- sacs de nœuds plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sac de nœuds?
- /sak də nø/
- \sak də nø\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sac de nœuds
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.