"taboo" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /təˈbuː/, /tæˈbuː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-taboo.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more taboo [comparative], most taboo [superlative]
Rhymes: -uː Etymology: Borrowed from Tongan tapu (“prohibited, sacred”), from Proto-Polynesian *tapu, from Proto-Oceanic *tabu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu. Doublet of kapu. First attested in c. 1777. The p in the Tongan source was misheard as b. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|to|tapu||prohibited, sacred|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Tongan tapu (“prohibited, sacred”), {{bor+|en|to|tapu|t=prohibited, sacred}} Borrowed from Tongan tapu (“prohibited, sacred”), {{der|en|poz-pol-pro|*tapu}} Proto-Polynesian *tapu, {{der|en|poz-oce-pro|*tabu}} Proto-Oceanic *tabu, {{der|en|pqe-pro|*tambu}} Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu, {{dbt|en|kapu}} Doublet of kapu, {{etydate|c|1777}} First attested in c. 1777. Head templates: {{en-adj}} taboo (comparative more taboo, superlative most taboo)
  1. Excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention. Translations (excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention): забранен (zabranen) (Bulgarian), tabú (Catalan), 避忌的 (bìjì de) (Chinese Mandarin), 禁忌的 (jìnjì de) (Chinese Mandarin), 忌諱的 (Chinese Mandarin), 忌讳的 (jìhuì de) (Chinese Mandarin), tabu (Czech), tabu (Finnish), tabou [masculine] (French), taboue [feminine] (French), tabu (German), pantang (Indonesian), 禁忌の (kinki no) (Japanese), 禁制の (kinsei no) (Japanese), tabu (Portuguese), tapu (Rapa Nui), табуи́рованный (tabuírovannyj) (Russian), tabú (Spanish), pamali (Sundanese), tambiko (Swahili), tapu (Tongan)
    Sense id: en-taboo-en-adj-pF0wLQzp Disambiguation of 'excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention': 94 6
  2. Culturally forbidden.
    Sense id: en-taboo-en-adj-0nyc2LO8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tabu, tapu Derived forms: tabooification, tabooize

Noun [English]

IPA: /təˈbuː/, /tæˈbuː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-taboo.wav [Southern-England] Forms: taboos [plural]
Rhymes: -uː Etymology: Borrowed from Tongan tapu (“prohibited, sacred”), from Proto-Polynesian *tapu, from Proto-Oceanic *tabu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu. Doublet of kapu. First attested in c. 1777. The p in the Tongan source was misheard as b. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|to|tapu||prohibited, sacred|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Tongan tapu (“prohibited, sacred”), {{bor+|en|to|tapu|t=prohibited, sacred}} Borrowed from Tongan tapu (“prohibited, sacred”), {{der|en|poz-pol-pro|*tapu}} Proto-Polynesian *tapu, {{der|en|poz-oce-pro|*tabu}} Proto-Oceanic *tabu, {{der|en|pqe-pro|*tambu}} Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu, {{dbt|en|kapu}} Doublet of kapu, {{etydate|c|1777}} First attested in c. 1777. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} taboo (countable and uncountable, plural taboos)
  1. An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (inhibition or ban): tabu (Albanian), مَحْظُورٌ اجْتِمَاعِيّ [masculine] (Arabic), տաբու (tabu) (Armenian), tabu (Azerbaijani), tabu (Basque), табу́ (tabú) [neuter] (Belarusian), табу (tabu) [neuter] (Bulgarian), tabú (Catalan), 避忌 (bìjì) (Chinese Mandarin), 禁忌 (jìnjì) (Chinese Mandarin), 忌諱 (Chinese Mandarin), 忌讳 (jìhuì) (Chinese Mandarin), tabu [neuter] (Czech), tabu [neuter] (Danish), taboe [neuter] (Dutch), tabuo (Esperanto), tabu (Estonian), tabu (Finnish), tabou [masculine] (French), tabú [masculine] (Galician), ტაბუ (ṭabu) (Georgian), Tabu [neuter] (German), ταμπού (tampoú) [neuter] (Greek), tabu (Hungarian), tabu (Ido), pemali (Indonesian), pantangan (Indonesian), tabù [masculine] (Italian), タブー (tabū) (Japanese), 禁忌 (kinki) (alt: きんき) (Japanese), 禁止 (kinshi) (english: general prohibition) (Japanese), mũgiro [class-3] (Kikuyu), 금기 (geumgi) (Korean), 터부 (teobu) (Korean), tabu [masculine] (Latvian), tabu (Lithuanian), табу (tabu) [masculine] (Macedonian), pantang (Malay), mo̧ (Marshallese), tabu [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), tabu [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), تابو (tâbu) (Persian), tabu [neuter] (Polish), tabu [masculine] (Portuguese), tabu [neuter] (Romanian), табу́ (tabú) [neuter] (Russian), табу [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), tabu [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), tabu [neuter] (Slovak), tabu [masculine] (Slovene), tabú [masculine] (Spanish), pamali (Sundanese), tambiko (Swahili), tabu [neuter] (Swedish), kabawalan (Tagalog), tambu (Tok Pisin), tapu (Tongan), tabu [singular] (Turkish), табу́ (tabú) [neuter] (Ukrainian), tabŵ [masculine] (Welsh), caiv (White Hmong), טאַבו (tabu) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-taboo-en-noun-MHRwSyWB Disambiguation of 'inhibition or ban': 99 1
  2. (in Polynesia) Something which may not be used, approached or mentioned because it is sacred. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Religion Translations (in Polynesia: something which may not be used): tabú (Catalan), tabu (Fijian), tabu (Finnish), kapu (Hawaiian), tapu (Maori), tabu [masculine] (Portuguese), tapu (Rapa Nui), табу́ (tabú) [neuter] (Russian), tapu (Samoan), tabú [masculine] (Spanish), tambiko (Swahili), tambu (Tok Pisin), tapu (Tongan)
    Sense id: en-taboo-en-noun-teuK4l0b Disambiguation of Religion: 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'in Polynesia: something which may not be used': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tabu, tapu Derived forms: taboo avoidance, taboo deformation, tabooer, tabooness

Verb [English]

IPA: /təˈbuː/, /tæˈbuː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-taboo.wav [Southern-England] Forms: taboos [present, singular, third-person], tabooing [participle, present], tabooed [participle, past], tabooed [past]
Rhymes: -uː Etymology: Borrowed from Tongan tapu (“prohibited, sacred”), from Proto-Polynesian *tapu, from Proto-Oceanic *tabu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu. Doublet of kapu. First attested in c. 1777. The p in the Tongan source was misheard as b. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|to|tapu||prohibited, sacred|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Tongan tapu (“prohibited, sacred”), {{bor+|en|to|tapu|t=prohibited, sacred}} Borrowed from Tongan tapu (“prohibited, sacred”), {{der|en|poz-pol-pro|*tapu}} Proto-Polynesian *tapu, {{der|en|poz-oce-pro|*tabu}} Proto-Oceanic *tabu, {{der|en|pqe-pro|*tambu}} Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu, {{dbt|en|kapu}} Doublet of kapu, {{etydate|c|1777}} First attested in c. 1777. Head templates: {{en-verb}} taboo (third-person singular simple present taboos, present participle tabooing, simple past and past participle tabooed)
  1. To mark as taboo. Categories (topical): Directives Synonyms: tabooize Translations (mark as taboo): 忌諱 (Chinese Mandarin), 忌讳 (jìhuì) (Chinese Mandarin), tabuizovat [imperfective] (Czech), taboeïseren (Dutch), merkitä tabuksi (Finnish), tabuisieren (German), tabuizzare (Italian), 禁忌する (kinki suru) (Japanese), タブーにする (tabū ni suru) (Japanese), 禁止する (kinshi suru) (Japanese), табуи́ровать (tabuírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), tambiko (Swahili), tabuera (Swedish), tabubelägga (Swedish), табуювати (tabujuvaty) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-taboo-en-verb-cn-C5Y3U Disambiguation of Directives: 25 3 24 9 39 0 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 3 7 13 52 2 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 26 5 13 13 38 2 3 Disambiguation of 'mark as taboo': 98 0 2
  2. To ban. Translations (ban): 禁止 (jìnzhǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), kieltää (Finnish), tabuisieren (German), 禁止する (kinshi) (Japanese), налага́ть табу́ (nalagátʹ tabú) [imperfective] (Russian), tambiko (Swahili)
    Sense id: en-taboo-en-verb-NtWzEKVx Disambiguation of 'ban': 0 100 0
  3. To avoid. Translations (avoid): 忌諱 (Chinese Mandarin), 忌讳 (jìhuì) (Chinese Mandarin), 避免 (bìmiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), tabuizovat (Czech), välttää (Finnish), tabuisieren (German), 排斥する (haiseki suru) (Japanese), налага́ть табу́ (nalagátʹ tabú) [imperfective] (Russian), tambiko (Swahili)
    Sense id: en-taboo-en-verb-hyoGv7x- Disambiguation of 'avoid': 3 0 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tabu, tapu

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 194",
          "text": "It is true indeed that a taboo - in order to be a proper taboo - must not rest in the general mind on argument or reason.",
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          "ref": "1922, James Frazer, The Golden Bough",
          "text": "So among the Alfoors of the island of Buru it is taboo to mention the names of parents and parents-in-law, or even to speak of common objects by words which resemble these names in sound.",
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          "ref": "1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 213",
          "text": "The sharp differentiation of the sexes in our culture was shaped most probably by monogamy and monosexuality and their tabus.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light:Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, page 12",
          "text": "For a structuralist like Edmund Leach, the structure is the meaning. Genesis, for example, is about incest taboos; all the rest is noise and mystification.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 June 6, Kevin Roose, “Why I Can’t Bet Against Apple’s Mixed-Reality Prowess”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
          "text": "Now, we assume that people who check their watches at dinner are probably trying to avoid pulling out their phones, which would be ruder and more disruptive. In other words, mass adoption killed the taboo.",
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "sense": "inhibition or ban",
          "word": "տաբու"
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          "code": "az",
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          "sense": "inhibition or ban",
          "word": "tabu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "inhibition or ban",
          "word": "tabu"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "tabú",
          "sense": "inhibition or ban",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "sense": "inhibition or ban",
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          "word": "tabú"
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          "sense": "inhibition or ban",
          "word": "避忌"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jìnjì",
          "sense": "inhibition or ban",
          "word": "禁忌"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "inhibition or ban",
          "word": "忌諱"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jìhuì",
          "sense": "inhibition or ban",
          "word": "忌讳"
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          "lang": "Danish",
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "inhibition or ban",
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "inhibition or ban",
          "word": "tabuo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "inhibition or ban",
          "word": "tabu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "inhibition or ban",
          "word": "tabu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "inhibition or ban",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "tabou"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "inhibition or ban",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tabú"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ṭabu",
          "sense": "inhibition or ban",
          "word": "ტაბუ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "inhibition or ban",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Tabu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "tampoú",
          "sense": "inhibition or ban",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ταμπού"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "inhibition or ban",
          "word": "tabu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "inhibition or ban",
          "word": "tabu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "inhibition or ban",
          "word": "pemali"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "inhibition or ban",
          "word": "pantangan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "inhibition or ban",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tabù"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tabū",
          "sense": "inhibition or ban",
          "word": "タブー"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "alt": "きんき",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kinki",
          "sense": "inhibition or ban",
          "word": "禁忌"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ja",
          "english": "general prohibition",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kinshi",
          "sense": "inhibition or ban",
          "word": "禁止"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ki",
          "lang": "Kikuyu",
          "sense": "inhibition or ban",
          "tags": [
            "class-3"
          ],
          "word": "mũgiro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "geumgi",
          "sense": "inhibition or ban",
          "word": "금기"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "teobu",
          "sense": "inhibition or ban",
          "word": "터부"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "inhibition or ban",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tabu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "inhibition or ban",
          "word": "tabu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "tabu",
          "sense": "inhibition or ban",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "табу"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "inhibition or ban",
          "word": "pantang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mh",
          "lang": "Marshallese",
          "sense": "inhibition or ban",
          "word": "mo̧"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "inhibition or ban",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "98 0 2",
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      "sense": "inhibition or ban",
      "word": "ტაბუ"
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      "word": "금기"
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    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "mark as taboo",
      "word": "tabuera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "mark as taboo",
      "word": "tabubelägga"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "tabujuvaty",
      "sense": "mark as taboo",
      "word": "табуювати"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jìnzhǐ",
      "sense": "ban",
      "word": "禁止"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ban",
      "word": "kieltää"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ban",
      "word": "tabuisieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kinshi",
      "sense": "ban",
      "word": "禁止する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nalagátʹ tabú",
      "sense": "ban",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "налага́ть табу́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "ban",
      "word": "tambiko"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "avoid",
      "word": "忌諱"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jìhuì",
      "sense": "avoid",
      "word": "忌讳"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bìmiǎn",
      "sense": "avoid",
      "word": "避免"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "avoid",
      "word": "tabuizovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "avoid",
      "word": "välttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "avoid",
      "word": "tabuisieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "haiseki suru",
      "sense": "avoid",
      "word": "排斥する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nalagátʹ tabú",
      "sense": "avoid",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "налага́ть табу́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "avoid",
      "word": "tambiko"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "taboo"
  ],
  "word": "taboo"
}
{
  "called_from": "translations/324",
  "msg": "possible sense number in translation item: French: __IGNORE__ (2)",
  "path": [
    "taboo"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "taboo",
  "trace": ""
}

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