tabú

See also: tabu, Tabu, tabù, and tabū

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [təˈβu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [təˈbu]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [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.

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed 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 (neuter)

	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

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

tabú m or f (masculine and feminine plural tabús or tabúes)

1. taboo

Noun

tabú m (plural tabús or tabúes)

1. taboo

Further reading

• “tabú”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10