incest

English Online Dictionary. What means incest‎? What does incest mean?

English

Etymology

From Latin incestus. Displaced native Old English mǣġhǣmed (literally “relative-sex”). Doublet of inchaste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪnsɛst/
• Rhymes: -ɪnsɛst

Noun

incest (usually uncountable, plural incests)

1. Sexual relations between close relatives, especially immediate family members and sometimes first cousins, usually considered taboo; in many jurisdictions, close relatives are not allowed to marry, and incest is a crime.

Synonyms

• inbreeding

Antonyms

• outbreeding

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Verb

incest (third-person singular simple present incests, present participle incesting, simple past and past participle incested)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To engage in incestuous sexual intercourse.

See also

• sexual intercourse
• inbreeder
• inbred
• sisterfucker
• motherfucker
• brotherfucker

Further reading

• incest on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “incest”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “incest, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “incest”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “incest”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “incest” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.

Anagrams

• ceints, insect, nicest, scient

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin incestus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.sɛst/, (dated) /ɪnˈsɛst/
• Hyphenation: in‧cest

Noun

incest m (uncountable)

1. incest

   Synonyms: bloedschande, bloedschending, bloedschennis

Derived terms

• incestdrama
• incesttheorie
• incestueus

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French inceste, from Latin incestus.

Noun

incest n (plural incesturi)

1. incest

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin incestus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǐnt͡sest/
• Hyphenation: in‧cest

Noun

ìncest m (Cyrillic spelling ѝнцест)

1. incest

Declension

Swedish

Noun

incest c

1. incest

   Synonym: (dated) blodskam

Declension

Related terms

• incestuös (“incestuous”)

References

• incest in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• incest in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• incest in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)