voodoo
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Louisiana Creole voudou, from Haitian Creole vodou, from a West African language, such as Ewe vódũ (“deity, idol”), Fon vòdún (“fetish”) or the Kwa languages vodũ.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈvuːduː/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -uːduː
Noun
[edit]voodoo (countable and uncountable, plural voodoos)
- Any of a group of related religious practices found chiefly in and around the Caribbean, particularly in Haiti and Louisiana.
- 2007, Kevin Filan, The Haitian Vodou Handbook, Destiny Books, page 13:
- You cannot understand Haitian Vodou as it is practised today without first knowing something about the culture from which it sprang, and the ways history has shaped religion, and vice versa.
- The spiritual beliefs of the Ewe/Fon of West Africa, practiced chiefly in Benin and in the south of Togo.
- (derogatory) Any sort of magical or irrational approach to a problem.
- I want a real explanation, not this statistical voodoo.
- (dated) One who practices voodoo; a native sorcerer.
- 1889, Longman's Magazine, volume 14, page 557:
- So a reporter of the Boston Herald (U.S.) has 'interviewed' a few local Voodoos. He has seen a dance round a boiling pot, seen some tomfoolery with spiders, and heard a lot of superstitious stories.
Alternative forms
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]- (religion): voodooism
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
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Verb
[edit]voodoo (third-person singular simple present voodoos, present participle voodooing, simple past and past participle voodooed)
See also
[edit]- hoodoo
Haitian Vodou on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
West African Vodun on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]voodoo
Declension
[edit]Inflection of voodoo (Kotus type 20/filee, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | voodoo | voodoot | |
genitive | voodoon | voodoiden voodoitten | |
partitive | voodoota | voodoita | |
illative | voodoohon voodooseen |
voodoihin voodoisiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | voodoo | voodoot | |
accusative | nom. | voodoo | voodoot |
gen. | voodoon | ||
genitive | voodoon | voodoiden voodoitten | |
partitive | voodoota | voodoita | |
inessive | voodoossa | voodoissa | |
elative | voodoosta | voodoista | |
illative | voodoohon voodooseen |
voodoihin voodoisiin | |
adessive | voodoolla | voodoilla | |
ablative | voodoolta | voodoilta | |
allative | voodoolle | voodoille | |
essive | voodoona | voodoina | |
translative | voodooksi | voodoiksi | |
abessive | voodootta | voodoitta | |
instructive | — | voodoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “voodoo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04
Italian
[edit]Noun
[edit]voodoo m (invariable)
- Alternative spelling of vudù
Adjective
[edit]voodoo (invariable)
- Alternative spelling of vudù
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English voodoo, from Louisiana Creole voudou, from Haitian Creole vodou, from a West African language.
Noun
[edit]voodoo m (definite singular voodooen, indefinite plural voodooer, definite plural voodooene)
References
[edit]- “voodoo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English voodoo, from Louisiana Creole voudou, from Haitian Creole vodou, from a West African language.
Noun
[edit]voodoo m (definite singular voodooen, indefinite plural voodooar, definite plural voodooane)
References
[edit]- “voodoo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English voodoo, from Louisiana Creole voudou, from Haitian Creole vodou, from a West African language.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]voodoo n (indeclinable)
- voodoo (Afro-Caribbean religion)
Further reading
[edit]- voodoo in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]voodoo c
Declension
[edit]Declension of voodoo | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | voodoo | voodoon | — | — |
Genitive | voodoos | voodoons | — | — |
References
[edit]- English terms borrowed from Louisiana Creole
- English terms derived from Louisiana Creole
- English terms derived from Haitian Creole
- English terms derived from Ewe
- English terms derived from Fon
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/uːduː
- Rhymes:English/uːduː/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- English derogatory terms
- English terms with usage examples
- English dated terms
- English verbs
- en:Voodoo
- Finnish terms borrowed from English
- Finnish terms derived from English
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish filee-type nominals
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian indeclinable nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian masculine nouns
- Italian adjectives
- Italian indeclinable adjectives
- Norwegian Bokmål terms borrowed from English
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from English
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Louisiana Creole
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Haitian Creole
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms borrowed from English
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from English
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Louisiana Creole
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Haitian Creole
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- Polish terms borrowed from English
- Polish unadapted borrowings from English
- Polish terms derived from English
- Polish terms derived from Louisiana Creole
- Polish terms derived from Haitian Creole
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/udu
- Rhymes:Polish/udu/2 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish indeclinable nouns
- Polish terms spelled with V
- Polish neuter nouns
- pl:Voodoo
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns