adjective · rare

taboo

taboo · more taboo · most taboo

заборонений

табуированный

tabu

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

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/təˈbuː/

» No taboo is known to be universal.

Kein Tabu ist bekannt universal zu sein. — dasbeispielholz

Немає універсальних табу. — oromashka

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Meaning

2 senses

Excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention.
Incest is a taboo subject in most soap operas.
Sweets and fats are strictly taboo in my home.
tabu
табуи́рованныйtabuírovannyj
excluded from use or mention
Culturally forbidden.

Examples

39 sentences

No taboo is known to be universal.
Немає універсальних табу. — oromashka
deKein Tabu ist bekannt universal zu sein. — dasbeispielholz
cheryl_kannan · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
This subject is taboo.
Ця тема — табу. — deniko
ruЭто запретная тема. — marafon
mervert1 · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
Your generation thought sexuality was taboo.
nonong · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
In special forces, torture is a taboo.
ruВ спецподразделениях существует табу на пытки. — odexed
Amastan · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
That's not really a taboo around here.
shekitten · Tatoeba · CC0 · C1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem

Translations

5 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention:

Origin

Borrowed from Tongan tapu (“prohibited, sacred”), from Proto-Polynesian *tapu, from Proto-

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.

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