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English

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Etymology

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FromLouisiana Creolevoudou, fromHaitian Creolevodou, from a West African language, such asEwevódũ(“deity, idol”),Fonvòdún(“fetish”) or the Kwa languagesvodũ.

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Noun

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voodoo (countable anduncountable,pluralvoodoos)

  1. Any of a group of related religious practices found chiefly in and around theCaribbean, particularly inHaiti andLouisiana.
    • 2007, Kevin Filan,The Haitian Vodou Handbook, Destiny Books, page13:
      You cannot understand HaitianVodou 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.
  2. The spiritual beliefs of theEwe/Fon of West Africa, practiced chiefly inBenin and in the south of Togo.
  3. (derogatory) Any sort of magical or irrational approach to a problem.
    I want a real explanation, not this statisticalvoodoo.
  4. (dated) One who practices voodoo; a nativesorcerer.
    • 1889,Longman's Magazine, volume14, page557:
      So a reporter of the Boston Herald (U.S.) has 'interviewed' a few localVoodoos. He has seen a dance round a boiling pot, seen some tomfoolery with spiders, and heard a lot of superstitious stories.

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Translations

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Afro-Caribbean religion

Verb

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voodoo (third-person singular simple presentvoodoos,present participlevoodooing,simple past and past participlevoodooed)

  1. Tobewitch someone or something usingvoodoo
    He claimed his neighbor hadvoodooed him.

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Finnish

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Etymology

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FromEnglishvoodoo.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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voodoo

  1. voodoo

Declension

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Inflection ofvoodoo (Kotus type 20/filee, no gradation)
nominativevoodoovoodoot
genitivevoodoonvoodoiden
voodoitten
partitivevoodootavoodoita
illativevoodoohon
voodooseen		voodoihin
voodoisiin
singularplural
nominativevoodoovoodoot
accusativenom.voodoovoodoot
gen.voodoon
genitivevoodoonvoodoiden
voodoitten
partitivevoodootavoodoita
inessivevoodoossavoodoissa
elativevoodoostavoodoista
illativevoodoohon
voodooseen		voodoihin
voodoisiin
adessivevoodoollavoodoilla
ablativevoodooltavoodoilta
allativevoodoollevoodoille
essivevoodoonavoodoina
translativevoodooksivoodoiksi
abessivevoodoottavoodoitta
instructive—voodoin
comitativeSee the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms ofvoodoo(Kotus type 20/filee, no gradation)

Derived terms

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compounds

Further reading

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Italian

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Noun

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voodoo m (invariable)

  1. Alternative spelling ofvudù

Adjective

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voodoo (invariable)

  1. Alternative spelling ofvudù

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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FromEnglishvoodoo, fromLouisiana Creolevoudou, fromHaitian Creolevodou, from a West African language.

Noun

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voodoo m (definite singularvoodooen,indefinite pluralvoodooer,definite pluralvoodooene)

  1. voodoo

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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FromEnglishvoodoo, fromLouisiana Creolevoudou, fromHaitian Creolevodou, from a West African language.

Noun

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voodoo m (definite singularvoodooen,indefinite pluralvoodooar,definite pluralvoodooane)

  1. voodoo

References

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Polish

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PolishWikipedia has an article on:
Wikipediapl

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishvoodoo, fromLouisiana Creolevoudou, fromHaitian Creolevodou, from a West African language.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈvu.du/
  • Rhymes:-udu
  • Syllabification:voo‧doo

Noun

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voodoo n (indeclinable)

  1. voodoo(Afro-Caribbean religion)

Further reading

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  • voodoo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

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Noun

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voodoo c

  1. voodoo

Declension

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Declension ofvoodoo
nominativegenitive
singularindefinitevoodoovoodoos
definitevoodoonvoodoons
pluralindefinite——
definite——

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