inceste

French

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin incestus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.sɛst/

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• Rhymes: -ɛst

Noun

inceste m (plural incestes)

1. incest (sexual relations between people legally unable to marry, especially close relatives)

Related terms

• incestueux

Descendants

• → Romanian: incest

Further reading

• “inceste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• insecte

Latin

Etymology 1

From incestus +‎ -e.

Adverb

inceste (comparative incestius, superlative incestissime)

1. impiously, sinfully, wickedly, in a profane manner
2. incestuously
3. infamously

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

inceste

1. vocative masculine singular of incestus

References

• “inceste”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “inceste”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Dizionario Latino, Olivetti
• inceste in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.