World Languages Lexicon
10 Language-to-English Dictionariestabú
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /taˈbu/
"La salud mental solía ser un gran tabú."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A social or religious custom prohibiting or forbidding discussion of a particular practice or association with a particular person, place, or thing.
"In many cultures, discussing personal finances remains a major social taboo."
- 1
Prohibited or restricted by social custom.
"Certain subjects were considered strictly taboo at the family dinner table."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Borrowed into English in the late 18th century from Tongan 'tabu' (meaning sacred or forbidden), popularized by Captain James Cook following his voyages to the Pacific. The root traces back to Proto-Polynesian *tapu, carrying deep implications of religious restriction or social prohibition.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Taboo" is said worldwide
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tabou
Transliteration: /ta.bu/
"Ce sujet est devenu un véritable tabou dans l'entreprise."
Tabu
Transliteration: /taˈbuː/
"Dieses Thema ist in unserer Gesellschaft ein absolutes Tabu."
tabù
Transliteration: /taˈbu/
"In quella famiglia la politica è un argomento tabù."
tabú
Transliteration: /taˈbu/
"La salud mental solía ser un gran tabú."
tabu
Transliteration: /taˈbu/
"Precisamos quebrar o tabu em torno desta doença."
निषेध
Transliteration: nishedh
"समाज में इस विषय पर अभी भी एक निषेध है।"
禁忌
Transliteration: jìjì
"谈论死亡在某些文化中是一个禁忌。"
금기
Transliteration: geumgi
"그 사회에서는 정치에 대해 이야기하는 것이 금기시된다."
タブー
Transliteration: tabū
"その話題はそのグループの間ではタブーとされている。"
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