Grammatical class

Noun

tabou

taboo

Details

Syllables

ta-bou

Phonetics

ta.bu

Grammatical class

Noun

Freq. (books)

20262

Freq. (movies)

25370

Freq. (news)

6901

Sentences

L'inceste est un tabou que l'on rencontre dans presque toutes les cultures.

Incest is a taboo found in almost all cultures.

A1

Le sexe est encore un tabou.

Sex is still a taboo.

A2

Ça existe, mais vu que c'est un tabou et qu'on n'en parle donc pas, on n'a pas besoin de mots pour ça.

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

B1

On ne connaît aucun tabou qui soit universel.

No taboo is known to be universal.

B2