prohibition

See also: Prohibition

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman and Old French prohibicion, from Latin prohibitiō.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹəʊ(h)ɪˈbɪʃən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹoʊ(h)ɪˈbɪʃən/

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Noun

prohibition (countable and uncountable, plural prohibitions)

1. An act of prohibiting, forbidding, disallowing, or proscribing something.
2. A law prohibiting the manufacture or sale of alcohol.

Synonyms

• forbode

Antonyms

• permission

Related terms

• prohibit

Translations

act of prohibiting

• Belarusian: забаро́на f (zabaróna)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 禁止 (zh) (jìnzhǐ)

• Finnish: kielto (fi)
• French: prohibition (fr) f
• Greek: απαγόρευση (el) f (apagórefsi)

• Irish: crosadh m
• Japanese: (act of prohibiting) 禁止 (ja) (きんし, kinshi); (legal action) 差し止め (さしとめ, sashitome)
• Portuguese: proibição (pt) f
• Russian: запре́т (ru) m (zaprét), запреще́ние (ru) n (zapreščénije)
• Spanish: prohibición (es) f
• Ukrainian: заборо́на f (zaboróna)

law that prohibits something

• Belarusian: забаро́на f (zabaróna)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 禁令 (zh) (jìnlìng), 禁止 (zh) (jìnzhǐ)

• Czech: zákaz (cs) m, prohibice (cs) f
• Finnish: kieltolaki (fi)
• French: interdiction (fr) f, prohibition (fr) f
• German: Verbot (de) n
• Greek: ποτοαπαγόρευση (el) f (potoapagórefsi)
• Hungarian: szesztilalom, alkoholtilalom (hu), tilalom (hu)
• Icelandic: bannár

• Japanese: 禁止法 (きんしほう, kinshi-hō); (obsolete) 禁制 (きんせい, kinsē), 禁止 (ja) (きんし, kinshi)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: قه‌ده‌غه‌‎ (ku)

• Maori: poropeihana
• Polish: zakaz (pl) m
• Portuguese: proibição (pt) f
• Russian: запре́т (ru) m (zaprét)
• Spanish: prohibición (es) f
• Swedish: förbud (sv) n
• Ukrainian: заборо́на f (zaboróna)

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} prohibitie f
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} malpermeso

• Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} قه‌ده‌غه‌‎ (ku)

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French

Etymology

First attested in Old French, borrowing from Latin prohibitiō

Noun

prohibition f (plural prohibitions)

1. prohibition
   1. (specifically) prohibition of alcohol