Grammatical class
Noun
tabou
taboo
Details
Syllables
ta-bou
Phonetics
ta.bu
Grammatical class
Noun
Freq. (books)
20262
Freq. (movies)
25370
Freq. (news)
6901
Variants
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