HomeServicesBlogDictionariesContactSpanish Course
Home › Dictionary › English › Incest
← Back to search

Meaning of Incest | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈɪn.sɛst

Definitions

  1. Sexual relations between close relatives, especially immediate family members and sometimes first cousins, usually considered taboo.
    uncountable, usually
  2. Romantic relationships between close relatives, also widely taboo.
    broadly, uncountable, usually

Equivalents

العربية النكاح المحرم زِنَا مَحَارِم سِفَاح الْقُرْبَى
Беларуская інцэст
Bosanski col incest инцест
Čeština incest krvesmilstvo
Cymraeg llosgach
Deutsch Blutschande Inzest
Ελληνικά αδελφομιξία αιμομιξία
Esperanto incesto sangadulto
Español incesto
Suomi insesti sukupuoliyhteys lähisukulaisten kesken sukurutsa sukurutsaus
Français inceste
Gaeilge ciorrú coil col corbadh
Gàidhlig col
हिन्दी कुड़ुमचोदी
Hrvatski col incest инцест
Magyar vérfertőzés
Íslenska sifjaspell
Italiano incesto
日本語 インセスト 近親相姦
한국어 근친상간
Kurdî col çol ensest
Latviešu asinsgrēks
Македонски инцест родосквернавење
Bahasa Melayu sumbang mahram
Nederlands bloedschande incest
Polski kazirodztwo
Português incesto
Русский инцест кровосмеше́ние
Српски col incest инцест
Svenska blodskam incest
తెలుగు అగమ్యాగమనము
Tagalog insesto
Türkçe ensest
Tiếng Việt loạn luân

Examples

“Genetic problems caused by incest are thought to have plagued many royal families in the Middle Ages.”
“For a structuralist like Edmund Leach, the structure is the meaning. Genesis, for example, is about incest taboos; all the rest is noise and mystification.”
“He was only Craster's whelp, an abomination born of incest, not the son of the King-beyond-the-Wall.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
See all C2 English words →

See also

incester incestism incestophile incestophilia incestophobe incestophobia

Learn this word in context

See Incest used in real conversations inside our free language course.

Start Free Course

Know this word better than we do? Language is a living thing — help us keep it growing. Collaborate with Babel Free