incuba

See also: incubá

English

Etymology

A respelling of incubus, substituting the (Latin second-declension nominative singular) masculine case ending -us with its (first-declension) feminine equivalent -a; compare succuba, succubus.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ĭnʹkyo͞obə, IPA^(key): /ˈɪnkjuːbə/

Noun

incuba (plural incubae)

1. (nonce word) A female incubus.

References

• “incuba” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]

Catalan

Verb

incuba

1. inflection of incubar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

French

Verb

incuba

1. third-person singular past historic of incuber

Anagrams

• cubain, Cubain

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈku.ba/
• Rhymes: -uba
• Hyphenation: in‧cù‧ba

Verb

incuba

1. inflection of incubare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• cubani

Latin

Verb

incubā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of incubō

Portuguese

Verb

incuba

1. inflection of incubar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French incuber.

Verb

a incuba (third-person singular present incubează, past participle incubat) 1st conjugation

1. to incubate

Conjugation

    conjugation of incuba (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a incuba
gerund			incubând
past participle			incubat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	incubez	incubezi	incubează	incubăm	incubați	incubează
	imperfect	incubam	incubai	incuba	incubam	incubați	incubau
	simple perfect	incubai	incubași	incubă	incubarăm	incubarăți	incubară
	pluperfect	incubasem	incubaseși	incubase	incubaserăm	incubaserăți	incubaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să incubez	să incubezi	să incubeze	să incubăm	să incubați	să incubeze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		incubează			incubați
	negative		nu incuba			nu incubați

Spanish

Verb

incuba

1. inflection of incubar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative