Taboo

//təˈbuː//

Synonyms for "taboo" (156 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (32)

Strong matches (46)

Adjective(1 words)
forbidden
Adjective(1 words)
ineffable

Related words (78)

Verb(1 words)
tabooize
Noun(1 words)
tabu
Adjective(2 words)
unsayableunthinkable

Related word relations

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10 relation types

More general

6 entries

Synonyms

2 entries

dbpedia genre

4 entries

dbpedia occupation

3 entries

derived

6 entries

has context

1 entries

is a

5 entries

manner of

1 entries

related to

14 entries

similar

2 entries

Translations

130 translations across 62 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • tabu noun (inhibition or ban)

Arabic

1 entries
  • مَحْظُورٌ اجْتِمَاعِيّ noun (inhibition or ban)

Armenian

1 entries
  • տաբու noun (inhibition or ban)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • tabu noun (inhibition or ban)

Basque

1 entries
  • tabu noun (inhibition or ban)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • табу́ noun (inhibition or ban)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • забранен adj (excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention)
  • табу noun (inhibition or ban)

Catalan

3 entries
  • tabú adj (excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention)
  • tabú noun (inhibition or ban)
  • tabú noun (in Polynesia: something which may not be used)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 忌諱的 /忌讳的 adj (excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention)
  • 禁忌的 adj (excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention)
  • 避忌的 adj (excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention)
  • 忌諱 /忌讳 noun (inhibition or ban)

Czech

4 entries
  • tabu adj (excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention)
  • tabu noun (inhibition or ban)
  • tabuizovat verb (mark as taboo)
  • tabuizovat verb (avoid)

Danish

1 entries
  • tabu noun (inhibition or ban)

Dutch

2 entries
  • taboe noun (inhibition or ban)
  • taboeïseren verb (mark as taboo)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • tabuo noun (inhibition or ban)

Estonian

4 entries
  • tabu adj (excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention)
  • tabu noun (inhibition or ban)
  • tabu noun (in Polynesia: something which may not be used)
  • tabustama verb (mark as taboo)

Fijian

1 entries
  • tabu noun (in Polynesia: something which may not be used)

Finnish

4 entries
  • tabu adj (excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention)
  • tabu noun (inhibition or ban)
  • tabu noun (in Polynesia: something which may not be used)
  • kieltää verb (ban)

French

3 entries
  • tabou adj (excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention)
  • taboue adj (excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention)
  • tabou noun (inhibition or ban)

Galician

1 entries
  • tabú noun (inhibition or ban)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ტაბუ noun (inhibition or ban)

German

4 entries
  • tabu adj (excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention)
  • Tabu noun (inhibition or ban)
  • tabuisieren verb (mark as taboo)
  • tabuisieren verb (ban)

Greek

1 entries
  • ταμπού noun (inhibition or ban)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • kapu noun (in Polynesia: something which may not be used)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • tabu noun (inhibition or ban)

Ido

1 entries
  • tabu noun (inhibition or ban)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • pantang adj (excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention)
  • pantangan noun (inhibition or ban)
  • pemali noun (inhibition or ban)

Italian

4 entries
  • divieto noun (inhibition or ban)
  • tabù noun (inhibition or ban)
  • tabù noun (in Polynesia: something which may not be used)
  • tabuizzare verb (mark as taboo)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 禁制の adj (excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention)
  • 禁忌の adj (excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention)
  • タブー noun (inhibition or ban)
  • 禁忌 noun (inhibition or ban)

Javanese

1 entries
  • ꦥꦥꦭꦶ noun (inhibition or ban)

Kalmyk

1 entries
  • хөрг noun (inhibition or ban)

Kikuyu

1 entries
  • mũgiro noun (inhibition or ban)

Korean

2 entries
  • 금기 noun (inhibition or ban)
  • 터부 noun (inhibition or ban)

Latvian

1 entries
  • tabu noun (inhibition or ban)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • tabu noun (inhibition or ban)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • табу noun (inhibition or ban)

Malay

1 entries
  • pantang noun (inhibition or ban)

Marshallese

1 entries
  • mo̧ noun (inhibition or ban)

Māori

1 entries
  • tapu noun (in Polynesia: something which may not be used)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • tabu noun (inhibition or ban)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • tabu noun (inhibition or ban)

Persian

1 entries
  • تابو noun (inhibition or ban)

Polish

1 entries
  • tabu noun (inhibition or ban)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • tabu adj (excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention)
  • tabu noun (inhibition or ban)
  • tabu noun (in Polynesia: something which may not be used)

Rapa Nui

2 entries
  • tapu adj (excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention)
  • tapu noun (in Polynesia: something which may not be used)

Romanian

1 entries
  • tabu noun (inhibition or ban)

Russian

4 entries
  • табуи́рованный adj (excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention)
  • табу́ noun (inhibition or ban)
  • табу́ noun (in Polynesia: something which may not be used)
  • налага́ть табу́ verb (ban)

Samoan

1 entries
  • tapu noun (in Polynesia: something which may not be used)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • tabu noun (inhibition or ban)
  • табу noun (inhibition or ban)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • tabbù noun (in Polynesia: something which may not be used)

Slovak

1 entries
  • tabu noun (inhibition or ban)

Slovene

1 entries
  • tabu noun (inhibition or ban)

Spanish

3 entries
  • tabú adj (excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention)
  • tabú noun (inhibition or ban)
  • tabú noun (in Polynesia: something which may not be used)

Sundanese

2 entries
  • pamali adj (excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention)
  • pamali noun (inhibition or ban)

Swahili

4 entries
  • tambiko adj (excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention)
  • tambiko noun (inhibition or ban)
  • tambiko noun (in Polynesia: something which may not be used)
  • tambiko verb (mark as taboo)

Swedish

3 entries
  • tabu noun (inhibition or ban)
  • tabubelägga verb (mark as taboo)
  • tabuera verb (mark as taboo)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • kabawalan noun (inhibition or ban)

Tok Pisin

2 entries
  • tambu noun (inhibition or ban)
  • tambu noun (in Polynesia: something which may not be used)

Tongan

3 entries
  • tapu adj (excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention)
  • tapu noun (inhibition or ban)
  • tapu noun (in Polynesia: something which may not be used)

Turkish

1 entries
  • tabu noun (inhibition or ban)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • табу́ noun (inhibition or ban)
  • табуювати verb (mark as taboo)

Welsh

1 entries
  • tabŵ noun (inhibition or ban)

White Hmong

1 entries
  • caiv noun (inhibition or ban)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • טאַבו noun (inhibition or ban)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The excessive use of salt should be taboo.

Source: tatoeba (25739)

The topic is taboo here.

Source: tatoeba (43295)

It exists, but seeing as it is taboo and that nobody talks about it, there's no need to have words for it.

Source: tatoeba (618576)

Incest is a taboo found in almost all cultures.

Source: tatoeba (710982)

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