incest

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• /ˈɪn.sɛst/
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Learned borrowing from Latin incestus. Displaced Old English mǣġhǣmed (literally “relative-sex”). Doublet of inchaste.

97 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: زِنَا مَحَارِم (zinā maḥārim) — sexual relations between close relatives
• Arabic: سِفَاح الْقُرْبَى (sifāḥ al-qurbā) — sexual relations between close relatives
• Armenian: արյունապղծություն (aryunapġcutʻyun) — sexual relations between close relatives
• Asturian: incestu — sexual relations between close relatives
• Azerbaijani: insest — sexual relations between close relatives
• Basque: intzestu — sexual relations between close relatives
• Belarusian: інцэ́ст (incést) — sexual relations between close relatives
• Belarusian: кровазмяшэ́ння (krovazmjašénnja) — sexual relations between close relatives
• Breton: gwadorged — sexual relations between close relatives
• Bulgarian: кръвосмеше́ние (krǎvosmešénie) — sexual relations between close relatives
• Catalan: incest — sexual relations between close relatives
• Chinese Mandarin: 亂倫 /乱伦 (luànlún) — sexual relations between close relatives
• Chinese Mandarin: 近親相姦 /近亲相奸 (jìnqīn xiāngjiān) — sexual relations between close relatives
• Chinese Mandarin: 骨科 (gǔkē) — sexual relations between close relatives
• Czech: incest — sexual relations between close relatives
• Czech: krvesmilství — sexual relations between close relatives
• Czech: krvesmilstvo — sexual relations between close relatives
• Danish: incest — sexual relations between close relatives
• Danish: blodskam — sexual relations between close relatives
• Dutch: incest — sexual relations between close relatives
• Dutch: bloedschande — sexual relations between close relatives
• Esperanto: sangadulto — sexual relations between close relatives
• Esperanto: incesto — sexual relations between close relatives
• Estonian: intsest — sexual relations between close relatives
• Faroese: blóðskemd — sexual relations between close relatives
• Faroese: insest — sexual relations between close relatives
• Finnish: insesti — sexual relations between close relatives
• Finnish: sukurutsaus — sexual relations between close relatives
• Finnish: sukurutsa — sexual relations between close relatives
• Finnish: sukupuoliyhteys lähisukulaisten kesken — sexual relations between close relatives
• French: inceste — sexual relations between close relatives
• Old Frisian: swesbed — sexual relations between close relatives
• Georgian: ინცესტი (incesṭi) — sexual relations between close relatives
• German: Inzest — sexual relations between close relatives
• Greek: αδελφομιξία (adelfomixía) — sexual relations between close relatives
• Greek: αιμομιξία (aimomixía) — sexual relations between close relatives
• Gujarati: ગૌત્રગમન (gautragaman) — sexual relations between close relatives
• Hebrew: גִלוּי עֲרָיוֹת — sexual relations between close relatives
• Hindi: अगम्यागमन (agamyāgman) — sexual relations between close relatives
• Hindi: अगम्यगमन (agamyagman) — sexual relations between close relatives
• Hindi: सगोत्रगमन (sagotragman) — sexual relations between close relatives
• Hindi: अजाचार (ajācār) — sexual relations between close relatives
• Hindi: कुड़ुमचोदी (kuṛumcodī) — sexual relations between close relatives
• Hungarian: vérfertőzés — sexual relations between close relatives
• Icelandic: sifjaspell — sexual relations between close relatives
• Indonesian: hubungan sedarah — sexual relations between close relatives
• Indonesian: inses — sexual relations between close relatives
• Indonesian: hubungan sumbang — sexual relations between close relatives
• Indonesian: hubungan sekerabat — sexual relations between close relatives
• Irish: col — sexual relations between close relatives
• Irish: ciorrú coil — sexual relations between close relatives
• Irish: corbadh — sexual relations between close relatives
• Italian: incesto — sexual relations between close relatives
• Japanese: 近親相姦 (kinshin sōkan) — sexual relations between close relatives
• Japanese: インセスト (insesuto) — sexual relations between close relatives
• Kazakh: қан араласу (qan aralasu) — sexual relations between close relatives
• Kazakh: инцест (insest) — sexual relations between close relatives
• Kazakh: жатынына шабу (jatynyna şabu) — sexual relations between close relatives
• Khmer: ទាស់មុខស្មន់ (toah muk smɑn) — sexual relations between close relatives
• Korean: 근친상간 (geunchinsanggan) — sexual relations between close relatives
• Laboya: hala — sexual relations between close relatives
• Latvian: asinsgrēks — sexual relations between close relatives
• Lithuanian: kraujomaiša — sexual relations between close relatives
• Macedonian: и́нцест (íncest) — sexual relations between close relatives
• Macedonian: родосквернавење (rodoskvernavenje) — sexual relations between close relatives
• Malay: sumbang mahram — sexual relations between close relatives
• Manx: croiaght — sexual relations between close relatives
• Māori: kaiwhiore — sexual relations between close relatives
• Māori: ngauwhiore — sexual relations between close relatives
• Māori: irawaru — sexual relations between close relatives
• Norwegian: incest — sexual relations between close relatives
• Norwegian: blodskam — sexual relations between close relatives
• Old English: mǣġhǣmed — sexual relations between close relatives
• Persian: زنا با محارم (zenâ bâ mahârem) — sexual relations between close relatives
• Polish: kazirodztwo — sexual relations between close relatives
• Portuguese: incesto — sexual relations between close relatives
• Romanian: incest — sexual relations between close relatives
• Russian: инце́ст (incést) — sexual relations between close relatives
• Russian: кровосмеше́ние (krovosmešénije) — sexual relations between close relatives
• Scottish Gaelic: col — sexual relations between close relatives
• Serbo-Croatian: ѝнцест — sexual relations between close relatives
• Serbo-Croatian: родоскврну́ће — sexual relations between close relatives
• Serbo-Croatian: ìncest — sexual relations between close relatives
• Serbo-Croatian: rodoskvrnuće — sexual relations between close relatives
• Slovak: incest — sexual relations between close relatives
• Slovak: krvismilstvo — sexual relations between close relatives
• Slovene: incest — sexual relations between close relatives
• Spanish: incesto — sexual relations between close relatives
• Swedish: incest — sexual relations between close relatives
• Swedish: blodskam — sexual relations between close relatives
• Tagalog: insesto — sexual relations between close relatives
• Telugu: అగమ్యాగమనము (agamyāgamanamu) — sexual relations between close relatives
• Turkish: ensest — sexual relations between close relatives
• Ukrainian: інце́ст (incést) — sexual relations between close relatives
• Ukrainian: кровозмі́шення (krovozmíšennja) — sexual relations between close relatives
• Vietnamese: loạn luân — sexual relations between close relatives
• Welsh: llosgach — sexual relations between close relatives