incube
French, noun
incube is spelled I-N-C-U-B-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written French, the 96,749th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Incube is a French masculine noun meaning “incubus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of incuber. With an accent, incubé is a different word: “past participle of incuber”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte de démon qui, suivant une opinion populaire, prend la forme d’un homme pour abuser sexuellement d’une…”.
What does incube mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineincubus
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of incuber
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte de démon qui, suivant une opinion populaire, prend la forme d’un homme pour abuser sexuellement d’une femme pendant son sommeil. 2. Ancien synonyme de cauchemar, car ceux-ci étaient supposés être produits par des démons s'assoyant sur la poitrine des dormeurs.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of incube
- incubes plural
- incubée feminine
- incubés masculine plural
- incubées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to incube
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is incube in French?
incube appears about once in every 9 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).