Incest

//ˈɪn.sɛst//

Synonyms for "incest" (49 found)

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Noun(2 words)
inbreedingincestry

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has property

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is a

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related to

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Translations

95 translations across 60 languages.

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Arabic

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  • زِنَا مَحَارِم noun (sexual relations between close relatives)
  • سِفَاح الْقُرْبَى noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Armenian

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  • արյունապղծություն noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Asturian

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  • incestu noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Azerbaijani

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  • insest noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Basque

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  • intzestu noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Belarusian

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  • кровазмяшэ́ння noun (sexual relations between close relatives)
  • інцэ́ст noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Breton

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  • gwadorged noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Bulgarian

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  • кръвосмеше́ние noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Catalan

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  • incest noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Chinese Mandarin

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  • 亂倫 /乱伦 noun (sexual relations between close relatives)
  • 近親相姦 /近亲相奸 noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Czech

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  • incest noun (sexual relations between close relatives)
  • krvesmilstvo noun (sexual relations between close relatives)
  • krvesmilství noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Danish

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  • blodskam noun (sexual relations between close relatives)
  • incest noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Dutch

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  • bloedschande noun (sexual relations between close relatives)
  • incest noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Esperanto

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  • incesto noun (sexual relations between close relatives)
  • sangadulto noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Estonian

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  • intsest noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Faroese

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  • blóðskemd noun (sexual relations between close relatives)
  • insest noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Finnish

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  • insesti noun (sexual relations between close relatives)
  • sukupuoliyhteys lähisukulaisten kesken noun (sexual relations between close relatives)
  • sukurutsa noun (sexual relations between close relatives)
  • sukurutsaus noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

French

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  • inceste noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Georgian

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  • ინცესტი noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

German

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  • Inzest noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Greek

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  • αδελφομιξία noun (sexual relations between close relatives)
  • αιμομιξία noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Gujarati

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  • ગૌત્રગમન noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Hebrew

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  • גִלוּי עֲרָיוֹת noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Hindi

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  • अगम्यगमन noun (sexual relations between close relatives)
  • अगम्यागमन noun (sexual relations between close relatives)
  • अजाचार noun (sexual relations between close relatives)
  • कुड़ुमचोदी noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Hungarian

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  • vérfertőzés noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Icelandic

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  • sifjaspell noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Indonesian

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  • hubungan sedarah noun (sexual relations between close relatives)
  • hubungan sekerabat noun (sexual relations between close relatives)
  • hubungan sumbang noun (sexual relations between close relatives)
  • inses noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Irish

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  • ciorrú coil noun (sexual relations between close relatives)
  • col noun (sexual relations between close relatives)
  • corbadh noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Italian

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  • incesto noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Japanese

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  • インセスト noun (sexual relations between close relatives)
  • 近親相姦 noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Kazakh

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  • инцест noun (sexual relations between close relatives)
  • қан араласу noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Khmer

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  • ទាស់មុខស្មន់ noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Korean

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  • 근친상간 noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Laboya

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  • hala noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Latvian

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  • asinsgrēks noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Lithuanian

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  • kraujomaiša noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Macedonian

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  • и́нцест noun (sexual relations between close relatives)
  • родосквернавење noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Malay

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  • sumbang mahram noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Manx

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  • croiaght noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Māori

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  • irawaru noun (sexual relations between close relatives)
  • kaiwhiore noun (sexual relations between close relatives)
  • ngauwhiore noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Norwegian

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  • blodskam noun (sexual relations between close relatives)
  • incest noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Old English

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  • mǣġhǣmed noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Old Frisian

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  • swesbed noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Persian

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  • زنا با محارم noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Polish

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  • kazirodztwo noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Portuguese

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  • incesto noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Romanian

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  • incest noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Russian

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  • инце́ст noun (sexual relations between close relatives)
  • кровосмеше́ние noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Scottish Gaelic

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  • col noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Serbo-Croatian

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  • rodoskvrnuće noun (sexual relations between close relatives)
  • ìncest noun (sexual relations between close relatives)
  • родоскврну́ће noun (sexual relations between close relatives)
  • ѝнцест noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Slovak

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  • incest noun (sexual relations between close relatives)
  • krvismilstvo noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Slovene

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  • incest noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Spanish

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  • incesto noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Swedish

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  • blodskam noun (sexual relations between close relatives)
  • incest noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Tagalog

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  • insesto noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Telugu

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  • అగమ్యాగమనము noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Turkish

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  • ensest noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Ukrainian

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  • кровозмі́шення noun (sexual relations between close relatives)
  • інце́ст noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Vietnamese

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  • loạn luân noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Welsh

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  • llosgach noun (sexual relations between close relatives)

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Imagine, for the sake of argument, a tribal group in which mother-son incest was countenanced.

Source: tatoeba (19990)

Incest is a taboo found in almost all cultures.

Source: tatoeba (710982)

Rape and incest are common themes.

Source: tatoeba (3134475)

He engaged in incest with his younger sister.

Source: tatoeba (3859694)

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