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taboo
English
Alternative forms
- tabu, tapu
Etymology
Borrowing from Tongan tapu (“prohibited, sacred”), from Proto-Polynesian *tapu, from Proto-Oceanic *tabu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu. Doublet of kapu. The word entered English around 1777.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??bu?/, /tæ?bu?/
Noun
taboo (countable and uncountable, plural taboos)
- 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.
- 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 213:
- (in Polynesia) Something which may not be used, approached or mentioned because it is sacred.
Translations
Adjective
taboo (comparative more taboo, superlative most taboo)
- Excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention.
- Incest is a taboo subject in most soap operas.
- Culturally forbidden.
Translations
Verb
taboo (third-person singular simple present taboos, present participle tabooing, simple past and past participle tabooed)
- To mark as taboo.
- To ban.
- To avoid.
Translations
Anagrams
- aboot
taboo From the web:
- what taboo means
- what taboo surrounds kata tjuta
- what taboola does
- what taboos exist in our culture
tabus
English
Noun
tabus
- plural of tabu
Anagrams
- Taubs, abuts, buats, busta, butas, tsuba, tubas
Middle French
Etymology
Perhaps back formed from tabuster. More at Modern French tabac.
Noun
tabus m (plural tabus)
- hit; strike
Synonyms
- coup
Volapük
Noun
tabus
- predicative plural of tab
tabus From the web:
- what is tabus real name
- tabu age
- what does taboos mean
- what means taboo
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