tabu

Noun

taboo (cultural inhibition or ban)

Adj

taboo (culturally forbidden from use, approach or mention)

Pronounced as (IPA)

/taˈbu/

Etymology

From English taboo, from Tongan tapu (“prohibited, sacred”), from Proto-Polynesian *tapu, from Proto-Oceanic *tabu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu.

Concepts

taboo

tabu

don’t

tapu

Synonyms

tabú

Translations

tabou

tabú

tabú

taboe

Tabu

ταμπού

tabu

tabù

tabu

تابو

tabó

tabu

taboue

θρησκευτική απαγόρευση

tabû