taboo
An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversionAn inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.
» No taboo is known to be universal.
Kein Tabu ist bekannt universal zu sein.
Немає універсальних табу.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.
Tabu
табу́tabú
табу́tabú
an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion
(countable, uncountable)Something which may not be used, approached or mentioned because it is sacred.
табу́tabú
Examples
39 sentencesNo taboo is known to be universal.
Немає універсальних табу. — oromashka
deKein Tabu ist bekannt universal zu sein. — dasbeispielholz
This subject is taboo.
Ця тема — табу. — deniko
ruЭто запретная тема. — marafon
Your generation thought sexuality was taboo.
In special forces, torture is a taboo.
ruВ спецподразделениях существует табу на пытки. — odexed
That's not really a taboo around here.
Translations
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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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Forms
plural: taboosSynonyms
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable