voodoo

English

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Etymology

From Fon vodu, vodun via Louisiana Creole French voudou

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈvuːduː/

Noun

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.

Alternative forms

• (religion of Africa or the Americas): vodoun, voudoun, vodun, voudou, Voodoo

Synonyms

• (religion): voodooism

Derived terms

• voodooism
• voodooist
• voodoo doll
• voodoo economics
• voodoo programming
• voodoo science

Translations

Afro-Caribbean religion

Catalan: vodú (ca) m., vudú (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 巫毒教 (zh) (wūdújiào) Czech: vúdú (cs) n. Finnish: voodoo (fi) French: vaudou (fr)

Haitian Creole: Vodou Japanese: 巫毒教 (ja) (ぶどくきょう, budokukyō) Portuguese: vodu (pt) m. Russian: ву́ду (ru) (vúdu) m. Spanish: vudú (es)

Verb

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.

See also

• hoodoo
• Haitian Vodou on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Haitian Vodou
• West African Vodun on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:West African Vodun

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Finnish

Noun

voodoo

1. voodoo

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

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Italian

Noun

voodoo m. inv.

1. voodoo