verboten C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˌfəɹˈboʊt(ə)n/ UK /ˌvəˈbəʊtn̩/ See IPA manual Freq #56622 Meanings 1 adj excluded from use or mention Certain words are verboten in class. 2 adj (Strictly) forbidden or prohibited. Before that, students and professors could date whomever we wanted; the next day we were off-limits to one another—verboten, traife, dangerous (and perhaps, therefore, all the more alluring). Thesaurus Synonyms 2 adj · (strictly) forbidden or... banneddisallowedforbiddenillegalillicitinterdictednonallowednonlicet Etymology Unadapted borrowing from German verboten (“banned, forbidden, prohibited”). Doublet of forbidden. Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # verboten **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˌfəɹˈboʊt(ə)n/ **IPA (UK):** /ˌvəˈbəʊtn̩/ **Frequency rank:** 56622 ## Meanings 1. excluded from use or mention 2. (Strictly) forbidden or prohibited. ## Examples - Certain words are verboten in class. - Before that, students and professors could date whomever we wanted; the next day we were off-limits to one another—verboten, traife, dangerous (and perhaps, therefore, all the more alluring). ## Synonyms - banned - disallowed - forbidden - illegal - illicit - interdicted - nonallowed - nonlicet ## Etymology Unadapted borrowing from German verboten (“banned, forbidden, prohibited”). Doublet of forbidden. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown