TABOO

Meaning of TABOO in English

Variant: also tabu

Function: transitive verb

Date: 1777

1 : to set apart as taboo especially by marking with a ritualistic symbol

2 : to avoid or ban as taboo

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

TABOO
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TABOO — (v. t.) To put under taboo; to forbid, or to forbid the use of; to interdict approach to, or use …
Английский словарь Webster
TABOO — (a.) Set apart or sacred by religious custom among certain races of Polynesia, New Zealand, etc., and forbidden to certain …
Английский словарь Webster
TABOO — ( v. t. ) To put under taboo; to forbid, or to forbid the use of; to interdict approach to, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TABOO — /teuh booh", ta-/ , adj., n., pl. taboos , v. , tabooed, tabooing . adj. 1. proscribed by society as …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TABOO — I. adjective also ta·bu tə-ˈbü, ta- Etymology: Tongan tabu Date: 1777 1. : forbidden to profane use or contact because …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TABOO — vt to put under taboo; to forbid, or to forbid the use of; to interdict approach to, or use of; …
Webster English vocab
TABOO — [ta.boo] also ta.bu adj [Tongan tabu] (1777) 1: forbidden to profane use or contact because of what are held to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TABOO — also spelled tabu, Tongan tabu, Maori tapu the prohibition of an action or the use of an object based on …
Britannica English vocabulary
TABOO — taboo BrE AmE tə ˈbuː ( ˌ ) tæ- ▷ taboo|ed d ▷ taboo|ing ɪŋ ▷ taboo|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TABOO
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TABOO — I. ta ‧ boo 1 /təˈbuː, tæ-/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1700-1800 ; Language: Tongan ; Origin: tabu ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TABOO — n., adj., & v. (also tabu) --n. (pl. taboos or tabus) 1 a system or the act of setting a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TABOO — n., adj., & v. (also tabu) n. (pl. taboos or tabus) 1 a system or the act of setting a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TABOO — n., adj., & v. (also tabu) --n. (pl. taboos or tabus) 1. a system or the act of setting a …
Oxford English vocab
TABOO — ( taboos) If there is a taboo on a subject or activity, it is a social custom to avoid doing …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TABOO — (~s) If there is a ~ on a subject or activity, it is a social custom to avoid doing that …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TABOO
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TABOO — [noun] [C], [adjective] [plural] taboos - the avoidance, among a particular group of people, of particular actions or words for …
Cambridge English vocab
TABOO
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TABOO — n. 25B6; noun the taboo against healing on the sabbath : PROHIBITION, proscription, veto, interdiction, interdict, ban, restriction. 25B6; adjective …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
TABOO — adj. 1 tabu, anathema, forbidden, interdicted, off limits, out of bounds, verboten, proscribed, banned, prohibited, restricted, unmentionable, unspeakable; censored, censorable, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
TABOO — 1. сущ. табу; вето, запрет, запрещение to place smth. under (a) taboo ≈ наложить запрет на что-л. to break a …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TABOO — Taboo
Русско-Американский Английский словарь
TABOO — taboo.ogg 1. tə|ʹbu:,tæʹbu:- n 1. табу 2. запрещение, запрет under a taboo - запрещённый, находящийся под запретом to enforce a …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TABOO — 1. tə|ʹbu:,tæʹbu:- n 1. табу 2. запрещение, запрет under a taboo - запрещённый, находящийся под запретом to enforce a taboo …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
TABOO — 1. сущ. ; маори табу; вето, запрет, запрещение to place smth. under (a) taboo — наложить запрет на что-л. rigid …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
TABOO — 1. сущ.; маори табу; вето, запрет, запрещение to place smth. under (a) taboo — наложить запрет на что-л. rigid taboo — строгое табу to …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
TABOO — 1. сущ. запрещение - pollution taboo 2. гл. запрещать
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
TABOO — запрещение [c crimson]|| запрещать - pollution taboo
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике и финансам
TABOO — 1. сущ. табу; вето, запрет, запрещение to place smth. under (a) taboo ≈ наложить запрет на что-л. to break a …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
TABOO — tabú
English interlingue dictionary
TABOO — gidili
English-Visayan vocabulary
TABOO — I. adjective also tabu Etymology: Tongan tabu Date: 1777 forbidden to profane use or contact because of what are held …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TABOO — Prohibition against touching, saying, or doing something for fear of immediate harm from a supernatural force. The term is of …
Английский словарь Британика
TABOO — (n.) A total prohibition of intercourse with, use of, or approach to, a given person or thing under pain of …
Английский словарь Webster
TABOO — ( n. ) A total prohibition of intercourse with, use of, or approach to, a given person or thing under …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TABOO — adj. forbidden to use, forbidden to say, prohibited, banned
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TABOO — v. forbid, prohibit, ban
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TABOO — n. prohibition, ban
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TABOO — n. Variant: also tabu Function: noun Inflected Form: plural taboos also tabus Date: 1777 1 : a prohibition against touching, …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
TABOO — n. Variant: also ta · bu Pronunciation: t ə - ' bü, ta- Function: adjective Etymology: Tongan tabu Date: 1777 …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
TABOO — (also tabu ) ■ noun ( plural ~s or tabus ) a social or religious custom placing prohibition or restriction …
Concise Oxford English vocab
TABOO — n. Prohibition against touching, saying, or doing something for fear of immediate harm from a supernatural force. The term is …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TABOO — Synonyms and related words : Eighteenth Amendment, Prohibition Party, Volstead Act, anathema, ban, banned, bar, bar out, barred, barring, blockade, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TABOO — n. Function: verb Synonyms: FORBID , ban, enjoin, inhibit, interdict, outlaw, prohibit
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
TABOO — n. Function: noun a restraint imposed by social usage or as a protective measure FF1C; a society rife with antiquated …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
TABOO — I . n. [Written also Tabu .] Interdict, prohibition. II . v. a. Interdict, forbid, prohibit, put under ~, put …
Dictionary of English Synonyms
TABOO — I. noun a restraint imposed by social usage or as a protective measure a society rife with antiquated moral taboos …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
TABOO — I. noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
TABOO — See ↑ FORBID 2
Longman Activator English vocab
TABOO — n. 1) to break, violate a ~ 2) a rigid ~ 3) a ~ on 4) (to place smt.) under …
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
TABOO — Табу
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
TABOO — подвергать табу; бойкотировать; запрещать табу; запрещение, запрет запретный, запрещенный священный
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
TABOO — (v) бойкотировать; запрещать; накладывать табу; подвергать остракизму; табуировать
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
TABOO — (n) запрет; запрещение
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
TABOO — (a) запретный; запрещенный; священный
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
TABOO — (0) табу
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
TABOO — 1. [tə|ʹbu:,tæ{ʹbu:}-] n 1. табу 2. запрещение, запрет under a ~ - запрещённый, находящийся под запретом to enforce a ~ …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
TABOO — adj. священный; запретный, запрещенный; непечатный, непристойный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
TABOO — v. подвергать табу, запрещать, бойкотировать
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
TABOO — n. табу, запрещение, запрет
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
TABOO — adj. священный; запретный, запрещенный; непечатный, непристойный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
TABOO — v. подвергать табу, запрещать, бойкотировать
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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