voodoo

From Louisiana Creole voudou, from Haitian Creole vodou, from a West African language, such as Ewe vódũ (“deity, idol”), Fon vòdún (“fetish”) or the Kwa languages vodũ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvuːduː/

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• Rhymes: -uːduː

voodoo (countable and uncountable, plural voodoos)

1. Any of a group of related religious practices found chiefly in and around the Caribbean, particularly in Haiti and Louisiana.
   • 2007, Kevin Filan, The Haitian Vodou Handbook, Destiny Books, page 13:

     You cannot understand Haitian Vodou 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 the Ewe/Fon of West Africa, practiced chiefly in Benin 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 statistical voodoo.

4. (dated) One who practices voodoo; a native sorcerer.
   • 1889, Longman's Magazine, volume 14, page 557:

     So a reporter of the Boston Herald (U.S.) has 'interviewed' a few local Voodoos. He has seen a dance round a boiling pot, seen some tomfoolery with spiders, and heard a lot of superstitious stories.

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

• (religion): voodooism

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

1. To bewitch someone or something using voodoo

   He claimed his neighbor had voodooed him.

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

From English voodoo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋuːduː/, [ˈʋuːduː]

voodoo

1. voodoo

• “voodoo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

voodoo m (invariable)

1. Alternative spelling of vudù

voodoo (invariable)

1. Alternative spelling of vudù

From English voodoo, from Louisiana Creole voudou, from Haitian Creole vodou, from a West African language.

voodoo m (definite singular voodooen, indefinite plural voodooer, definite plural voodooene)

1. voodoo

• “voodoo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From English voodoo, from Louisiana Creole voudou, from Haitian Creole vodou, from a West African language.

voodoo m (definite singular voodooen, indefinite plural voodooar, definite plural voodooane)

1. voodoo

• “voodoo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• wudu

Unadapted borrowing from English voodoo, from Louisiana Creole voudou, from Haitian Creole vodou, from a West African language.

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

voodoo n (indeclinable)

1. voodoo (Afro-Caribbean religion)

• voodoo in Polish dictionaries at PWN