hoodoo

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (uncountable) A set of spiritual practices and traditions created and concealed from slave-owners by enslaved Africans in North America, based on traditional African beliefs.
2. (US, countable, uncountable) A practitioner of voodoo.
3. (US, countable, uncountable) Supernatural bad luck, or something or someone believed to bring bad luck.
4. (countable, uncountable) A tall thin spire of rock that protrudes from the bottom of arid basins and badlands.

Verb

To jinx; to bring bad luck or misfortune to.

Concepts

porte-malheur

guigne

oiseau de mauvais augure

vaudou

porter malheur

cheminée de fée

fétiche

demoiselle coiffée

Synonymes

jinx

juju

voodoo

fetich

fetish

earth pillar

pest

plague

voodooism

odious person

fall into depravity

fall into vice

hoodooism

nemesis

failure

hex

Jonah

misfortune

angel of death

Traductions

menagramo

Unglücksbringer

büyü

Pechvogel

verhext

verhexte

Plagegeist

Würgeengel

verwünschte

Erdpyramide

γρουσούζης

κακότυχος

feticcio

iettatore

maledetta

Étymologie (Anglais)

Apparently an alteration of voodoo.