voodoo

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

From Fon vodu, vodun via Cajun French voudou

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈvuːduː/

[edit] Noun

Singular
voodoo

Plural
uncountable

voodoo (uncountable)

  1. A religion of the Ewe/Fon of West Africa, practiced chiefly in Benin.
  2. Any of a group of related religious practices found chiefly in and around the Caribbean, particularly in Haiti and Louisiana.
  3. (pejorative) Any sort of magical or irrational approach to a problem.
    I want a real explanation, not this statistical voodoo.

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[edit] Translations

Afro-Caribbean religion

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to voodoo

Third person singular
voodoos

Simple past
voodooed

Past participle
voodooed

Present participle
voodooing

to voodoo (third-person singular simple present voodoos, present participle voodooing, simple past and past participle voodooed)

  1. To enchant someone or something using voodoo
    He claimed his neighbor had voodooed him.

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[edit] Finnish

[edit] Noun

voodoo

  1. voodoo

[edit] Declension

Declension of voodoo (type filee)
singular plural
nominative voodoo voodoot
genitive voodoon voodoiden
voodoitten
partitive voodoota voodoita
accusative voodoo
voodoon		 voodoot
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
instructive – voodoin
abessive voodootta voodoitta
comitative – voodoineen

[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

voodoo m. inv.

  1. voodoo
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