succube
French, noun/sy.kyb/
succube is spelled S-U-C-C-U-B-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 80,051st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Succube is a French feminine noun meaning “succubus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Démon qui, suivant l’opinion populaire, prend l’apparence d’une femme et est censé apparaître la nuit pour…”.
What does succube mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Démon qui, suivant l’opinion populaire, prend l’apparence d’une femme et est censé apparaître la nuit pour abuser sexuellement d’un homme pendant son sommeil. 2. Insulte à connotation religieuse. 3. Dans le jeu Donjons et Dragons, un démon avec un pouvoir de métamorphose. 4. Passifhttps://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionnaire_%C3%A9rotique_moderne.
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 succube
- succubes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce succube?
- /sy.kyb/
- \sy.kyb\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to succube
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is succube in French?
succube appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).