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Definition of 'tabu' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) taboo, tabu
a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature

2. (adj) taboo, tabu
an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion

3. (adj) taboo, tabu
forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands

4. (adj) forbidden, out(p), prohibited, proscribed, taboo, tabu, verboten
excluded from use or mention
"forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject"


Definition of 'tabu' Webster Dictionary 

1.  tabu
see Taboo


Translation of 'tabu' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (something) forbidden for religious reasons or because it is against social custom
Alcohol is (a) taboo in Muslim societies.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: taboe Arabic flag Arabic: مُحَرَّم Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: табу
Brazilian flag Brazilian: tabu Czech flag Czech: tabu German flag German: das Tabu, tabu
Danish flag Danish: tabu Greek flag Greek: ταμπού Spanish flag Spanish: tabú
Estonian flag Estonian: tabu Farsi flag Farsi: تابو؛ حرام Finnish flag Finnish: tabu
French flag French: tabou Hebrew flag Hebrew: אִיסוּר Hindi flag Hindi: वर्जित कर्म
Croatian flag Croatian: tabu Hungarian flag Hungarian: tabu Indonesian flag Indonesian: haram, tabu
Icelandic flag Icelandic: bannaður, forboðinn Italian flag Italian: tabù Japanese flag Japanese: タブー
Korean flag Korean: 금기, 금기의 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: tabu Latvian flag Latvian: tabu
Malay flag Malay: dilarang Dutch flag Dutch: taboe Norwegian flag Norwegian: tabu(forestilling)
Polish flag Polish: tabu, rzecz zakazana Persian flag Persian: تابو؛ حرام Pashto flag Pashto: ناروا، منع شوى ، رټل شوى
Portuguese flag Portuguese: tabu Romanian flag Romanian: tabu Russian flag Russian: табу; запрещённый
Slovak flag Slovak: tabu Slovenian flag Slovenian: tabu Serbian flag Serbian: tabu
Swedish flag Swedish: tabu Thai flag Thai: ข้อห้าม; ซึ่งต้องห้าม Turkish flag Turkish: tabu, yasak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 禁忌 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: табу; заборона Urdu flag Urdu: حرام، ممنوع
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: điều cấm kỵ Chinese flag Chinese: 禁忌

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