incuba

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See also: incubá

English

Etymology

A respelling of incubus, substituting the (Latin second-declension nominative singular) masculine case ending -us with its (first-declension) feminine equivalent -a; compare succuba, succubus.

Pronunciation

Noun

incuba (plural incubae)

  1. (nonce word) A female incubus.

References

Catalan

Verb

incuba

  1. inflection of incubar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

French

Verb

incuba

  1. third-person singular past historic of incuber

Anagrams

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /inˈku.ba/
  • Rhymes: -uba
  • Hyphenation: in‧cù‧ba

Verb

incuba

  1. inflection of incubare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

incubā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of incubō

Portuguese

Verb

incuba

  1. inflection of incubar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French incuber.

Verb

a incuba (third-person singular present incubează, past participle incubat) 1st conj.

  1. to incubate

Conjugation

Spanish

Verb

incuba

  1. inflection of incubar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative