tabú

tabú

See also: tabu, Tabu, tabù, and tabū

Catalan

Etymology

From English taboo, from Tongan tapu (“prohibited”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /təˈbu/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /taˈbu/

Noun

tabú m (plural tabús)

1. taboo

Derived terms

• mot tabú

Further reading

• “tabú” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Icelandic

Etymology

From English taboo, from Tongan tapu (“prohibited”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰaːpuː/

Noun

tabú n (genitive singular tabús, nominative plural tabú)

1. taboo

Declension

declension of tabú

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tabú	tabúið	tabú	tabúin
accusative	tabú	tabúið	tabú	tabúin
dative	tabúi	tabúinu	tabúum	tabúunum
genitive	tabús	tabúsins	tabúa	tabúanna

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Spanish

Etymology

From English taboo, from Tongan tapu (“prohibited”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taˈbu/ [t̪aˈβ̞u]
• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: ta‧bú

Adjective

tabú (plural tabús or tabúes)

1. taboo

Noun

tabú m (plural tabús or tabúes)

1. taboo

Further reading

• “tabú”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014