incestueux

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin incestuōsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.sɛs.tɥø/

Adjective

incestueux (feminine incestueuse, masculine plural incestueux, feminine plural incestueuses)

1. incestuous

   une mère incestueuse ― an incestuous mother

   des jumeaux incestueux ― incestuous twins

   s’engager dans des rapports incestueux ― to engage in incest

   un film pornographique qui met en scène le rapport incestueux entre un père veuf et sa fille

   a pornographic film which depicts the incestuous relationship between a widowed father and his daughter

Related terms

• inceste
• incestuel

Further reading

• “incestueux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.