taboo

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /təˈbuː/, /tæˈbuː/

Noun

taboo

1. An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.
   • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 213:

     The sharp differentiation of the sexes in our culture was shaped most probably by monogamy and monosexuality and their tabus.

2. (in Polynesia) Something which may not be used, approached or mentioned because it is sacred.

Translations

• French: tabou
• German: Tabu
• Italian: tabù
• Portuguese: tabu
• Russian: табу́
• Spanish: tabú

Translations

• Portuguese: tabu
• Spanish: tabú

Adjective

taboo

1. Excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention.

   Incest is a taboo subject in most soap operas.

2. Culturally forbidden.

Translations

• French: tabou, taboue
• German: tabu
• Portuguese: tabu
• Spanish: tabú

Verb

taboo (taboos, present participle tabooing; past and past participle tabooed)

1. To mark as taboo.
2. To ban.
3. To avoid.

Translations

• German: tabuisieren
• Italian: tabuizzare
• Russian: табуи́ровать

Translations

• German: tabuisieren

Translations

• German: tabuisieren

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