hentai

Etymology

Pseudo-Japonism, derived from 変態(へんたい) (hentai, “pervert”), short for 変態性欲者(へんたいせいよくしゃ) (hentai seiyoku-sha, literally “person with abnormal sexual desires”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛntaɪ/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛntaɪ

Noun

hentai (countable and uncountable, plural hentai or hentais)

1. (Japanese pornography) A work of anime or manga (or any similar medium) that contains heavily sexual or pornographic art.

   Hypernyms: anime, manga

   Hyponyms: yaoi, yuri

   Coordinate terms: ecchi, pornhwa, pornhua

   • 2019, “Hentai”, in Cry, performed by Cigarettes After Sex:

     There was a hentai video that I saw / I told you about the night that we first made love

   • 2024 June 5, “Porn now officially allowed on X with safeguards for those under 18”, in Channel News Asia‎:

     X defines adult content as […]
     This definition also applies to "AI-generated, photographic or animated content such as cartoons, hentai or anime".

See also

• Appendix:Glossary of Japanese sex terms

Anagrams

• Hà Tiên, tahine, Tehani, Thénia, Ianthe, heatin', tehina, in heat, thiane, Hetian

Etymology

From English hentai, a semantic shift from Japanese 変態(へんたい) (hentai, “pervert”).

Noun

hentai

1. hentai; a work of anime or manga (or any similar medium) that contains heavily sexual or pornographic art

Etymology

From English hentai, a semantic shift from Japanese 変態(へんたい) (hentai, “pervert”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhentɑi̯/, [ˈhe̞n̪t̪ɑ̝i̯]
• Rhymes: -entɑi
• Hyphenation^(key): hen‧tai

Noun

hentai

1. hentai (pornographic anime or manga)

Etymology

From English hentai, a semantic shift from Japanese 変態(へんたい) (hentai, “pervert”).

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)}IPA^(key): /ɛn.taj/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

hentai m (plural hentais)

1. hentai (a work of anime or manga—Japanese cartoon art, respectively animated and static—that contains pornography)

Etymology

From English hentai, a semantic shift from Japanese 変態(へんたい) (hentai, “pervert”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛn.tai̯/
• Hyphenation: hèn‧tai

Noun

hentai (plural hentai-hentai)

1. hentai (pornographic anime or manga)

Adjective

hentai

1. pornographic

Further reading

• “hentai” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Romanization

hentai

1. Rōmaji transcription of へんたい
2. Rōmaji transcription of ヘンタイ

Etymology

From English hentai, a semantic shift from Japanese 変態(へんたい) (hentai, “pervert”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: hen‧tai

Noun

hentai m (plural hentais)

1. hentai (a work of anime or manga — Japanese cartoon art, respectively animated and static — that contains pornography)

Etymology

Borrowed from English hentai, a semantic shift from Japanese 変態(へんたい) (hentai, “pervert”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xenˈtai/ [xẽn̪ˈt̪ai̯]
• Rhymes: -ai
• Syllabification: hen‧tai

Noun

hentai m (plural hentais)

1. hentai

Etymology

From English hentai, a semantic shift from Japanese 変態(へんたい) (hentai, “pervert”).

Noun

hentai c

1. hentai (pornographic anime or manga)

References

• Fula Ordboken

Etymology

From English hentai, a semantic shift from Japanese 変態(へんたい) (hentai, “pervert”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈhentaj/ [ˈhɛn̪.t̪aɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -entaj
• Syllabification: hen‧tai

Noun

hentai (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜁ)

1. hentai (sexual or pornographic anime or manga)