inceste
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French
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin incestus.
Pronunciation
Noun
inceste m (plural incestes)
- incest (sexual relations between people legally unable to marry, especially close relatives)
Related terms
Descendants
- → Romanian: incest
Further reading
- “inceste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology 1
Adverb
incestē (comparative incestius, superlative incestissimē)
- impiously, sinfully, wickedly, in a profane manner
- incestuously
- infamously
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
inceste
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.