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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Taboo \Ta*boo"\, n. A total prohibition of intercourse with, use of, or approach to, a given person or thing under pain of death, -- an interdict of religious origin and authority, formerly common in the islands of Polynesia; interdiction. [Written also tabu.] [1913 Webster]From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Taboo \Ta*boo"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tabooed; p. pr. & vb. n. Tabooing.] To put under taboo; to forbid, or to forbid the use of; to interdict approach to, or use of; as, to taboo the ground set apart as a sanctuary for criminals. [Written also tabu.] [1913 Webster]From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Taboo \Ta*boo"\, a. [Written also tabu and tapu.] [Polynesian tabu, tapu, sacred, under restriction, a prohibition.] Set apart or sacred by religious custom among certain races of Polynesia, New Zealand, etc., and forbidden to certain persons or uses; hence, prohibited under severe penalties; interdicted; as, food, places, words, customs, etc., may be taboo. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Taboo \Ta*boo"\, a. [Written also tapu.] [Polynesian tabu, tapu, sacred, under restriction, a prohibition.] Set apart or sacred by religious custom among certain races of Polynesia, New Zealand, etc., and forbidden to certain persons or uses; hence, prohibited under severe penalties; interdicted; as, food, places, words, customs, etc., may be taboo.From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Taboo \Ta*boo"\, n. A total prohibition of intercourse with, use of, or approach to, a given person or thing under pain of death, -- an interdict of religious origin and authority, formerly common in the islands of Polynesia; interdiction. [Written also tabu.]From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Taboo \Ta*boo"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tabooed; p. pr. & vb. n. Tabooing.] To put under taboo; to forbid, or to forbid the use of; to interdict approach to, or use of; as, to taboo the ground set apart as a sanctuary for criminals. [Written also tabu.]From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
taboo adj 1: excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject" [syn: forbidden, out(p), prohibited, proscribed, tabu, verboten] 2: forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands [syn: tabu] n 1: a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature [syn: tabu] 2: an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion [syn: tabu] v : declare as sacred and forbiddenFrom Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
taboo Αγγλικά n. το ταμπούFrom English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
taboo a. 1 excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention. 2 Culturally forbidden. n. An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion. vb. 1 To mark as taboo. 2 To ban. 3 To avoid.From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
taboo a. 1 excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention. 2 Culturally forbidden. n. An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion. vb. 1 To mark as taboo. 2 To ban. 3 To avoid.From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
taboo a. 1 excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention. 2 Culturally forbidden. n. An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion. vb. 1 To mark as taboo. 2 To ban. 3 To avoid.From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
taboo a. 1 excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention. 2 Culturally forbidden. n. An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion. vb. 1 To mark as taboo. 2 To ban. 3 To avoid.From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
taboo Englanti n. tabuFrom Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
taboo Engelska n. tabuFrom English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Taboo /tabˈuː/ الحرامFrom English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
taboo //tæˈbuː// //təˈbuː//From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]забранен excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention
taboo //tæˈbuː// //təˈbuː//From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]табу inhibition or ban
taboo /tabˈuː/ tabuFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
taboo /tabˈuː/ TabuFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ][soc.] "put sth. under taboo" - etw. zum Tabu machen, etw. mit einem Tabu belegen "break a taboo" - ein Tabu brechen, gegen ein Tabu verstoßen "Speaking about sex is a taboo in her country." - In ihrem Land ist es ein Tabu, über Sex zu sprechen. Synonym: tabu see: taboos
taboo /tabˈuː/ tabu, tabuisiert, unantastbarFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ][soc.] "be considered taboo" - tabuisiert sein "Sex is a taboo subject for many people." - Sex ist für viele Leute ein Tabuthema. "The burial ground was seen as a taboo place." - Die Begräbnisstätte wurde als verbotener Ort angesehen. Synonym: verboten see: be taboo, Don't dip your pen in company ink.
taboo /tabˈuː/ verpöntFrom English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ]Synonyms: scorned, frowned on
taboo /tabˈuː/ απαγορευμένοFrom English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
taboo //tæˈbuː// //təˈbuː//From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]tabu excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention
taboo //tæˈbuː// //təˈbuː//From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]tabu 2. in Polynesia: something which may not be used 3. inhibition or ban
taboo //tæˈbuː// //təˈbuː//From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]1. välttää avoid 2. kieltää ban 3. merkitä tabuksi mark as taboo
taboo /tabˈuː/From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]1. वर्जित~कर्म "Drinking alchohol in public places is taboo many societies."
taboo /tabˈuː/ tabuFrom English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-ind ]
taboo //tæˈbuː// //təˈbuː//From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-ind ]pantang excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention
taboo //tæˈbuː// //təˈbuː//From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-jpn ]pantangan, pemali inhibition or ban
taboo //tæˈbuː// //təˈbuː//From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-jpn ]禁忌, 禁制 excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention
taboo //tæˈbuː// //təˈbuː//From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-jpn ]タブー, 禁忌, 禁止 inhibition or ban
taboo //tæˈbuː// //təˈbuː//From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]1. 排斥 avoid 2. 禁止 ban 3. タブー, 禁忌, 禁止 mark as taboo
taboo /təˈbu:/ I.From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]tabu, zakaz II. zakazany, niedozwolony
taboo //tæˈbuː// //təˈbuː//From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]tabu inhibition or ban
taboo //tæˈbuː// //təˈbuː//From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]tabubelägga, tabuera mark as taboo
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/tæˈbu/
136 Moby Thesaurus words for "taboo": Eighteenth Amendment, Prohibition Party, Volstead Act, anathema, ban, banned, bar, bar out, barred, barring, blockade, boycott, censorable, censored, circumscription, contraband, count out, cut off, debar, debarment, debarring, demarcation, denial, deny, dirty, disallow, disallowance, embargo, enjoin, exception, exclude, exclude from, exclusion, explicit, forbade, forbid, forbiddance, forbidden, forbidden fruit, forbidding, freeze out, ignore, illegal, illicit, impolite, inadmissibility, indecorous, index, index expurgatorius, index librorum prohibitorum, inhibit, inhibition, injunction, interdict, interdicted, interdiction, interdictum, jargonal, jargonish, keep out, law, leave out, limitation, lock out, lockout, narrowing, no-no, nonadmission, nonpermissible, not permitted, off limits, omission, omit, ostracize, out of bounds, outlaw, outlawed, pass over, preclude, preclusion, prevent, prevention, prohibit, prohibited, prohibition, prohibitory injunction, proscribe, proscribed, proscription, refusal, refuse, regulation, reject, rejection, relegate, relegation, repress, repression, repudiate, repudiation, reservation, restraint, restricted, restriction, restrictive covenants, rude, rule out, ruled out, ruling out, sanction, say no to, scatological, send to Coventry, shut out, slang, slangy, statute, sumptuary laws, suppress, suppression, tabooed, unacceptable, unallowed, unauthorized, under the ban, unlawful, unlicensed, unmentionable, unpermissible, unsanctioned, unspeakable, untouchable, verboten, vetoed, zoning, zoning lawsFrom Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
n. 禁忌,禁止接近,禁止使用; a. 禁忌的; v. 禁忌,禁制,禁止;From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
n. 禁忌,禁止接近,禁止使用 a. 禁忌的,忌讳的 vt. 禁忌,禁制,禁止