hentai

See also: Hentai, hantai, and hontai

English

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. 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^[1]:

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

Descendants

• → Cebuano: hentai
• → Finnish: hentai
• → French: hentai
• → German: Hentai
• → Indonesian: hentai
• → Italian: hentai
• → Japanese: ヘンタイ (hentai)
• → Korean: 헨타이 (hentai)
• → Polish: hentai
• → Portuguese: hentai
• → Russian: хентай (xentaj)
• → Spanish: hentai
• → Swedish: hentai
• → Tagalog: hentai
• → Ukrainian: хента́й (xentáj)

Translations

a work of anime that contains sexual art (esp. manga or anime)

• Albanian: hentai
• Arabic: هِنْتَاي m (hintāy)
• Asturian: hentai
• Belarusian: хэнта́й m (xentáj), хента́й m (xjentáj)
• Bulgarian: хента́й m (hentáj)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 裡番／里番 (zh) (lǐfān), 本子 (zh) (běnzi)

• Czech: hentai m
• Danish: hentai
• Dutch: hentai (nl)
• Esperanto: hentajo
• Estonian: hentai (et)
• Finnish: hentai (fi)
• French: hentai (fr) m
• Galician: hentai
• German: Hentai (de) m or f or n
• Greek: χεντάι (chentái)
• Hebrew: הנטאי (he) m (hentay)
• Hindi: हेनतई (hentaī)
• Hungarian: hentai (hu)
• Indonesian: hentai (id)
• Italian: hentai (it)
• Japanese: ヘンタイ (hentai)
• Korean: 헨타이 (hentai)
• Malay: hentai
• Marathi: हेन्ताइ (hentāi)
• Norwegian: hentai
• Persian: هنتای (hentây)
• Polish: hentai (pl) n
• Portuguese: hentai (pt) m
• Romanian: hentai (ro)
• Russian: хента́й (ru) m (xentáj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: хентај m

• Spanish: hentai (es) m
• Swedish: hentai
• Tagalog: hentai (tl)
• Thai: เฮ็นไต (hen-dtai)
• Turkish: hentai
• Ukrainian: хента́й (uk) m (xentáj)
• Urdu: ہینتائی (hentaī)
• Uzbek: hentai
• Vietnamese: hentai (vi)

See also

• Appendix:Glossary of Japanese sex terms

Anagrams

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

Cebuano

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

Finnish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

hentai

1. hentai (pornographic anime or manga)

Declension

Inflection of hentai (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative		hentai	hentait
genitive		hentain	hentaiden hentaitten
partitive		hentaita	hentaita
illative		hentaihin	hentaihin
		singular	plural
nominative		hentai	hentait
accusative	nom.	hentai	hentait
	gen.	hentain
genitive		hentain	hentaiden hentaitten
partitive		hentaita	hentaita
inessive		hentaissa	hentaissa
elative		hentaista	hentaista
illative		hentaihin	hentaihin
adessive		hentailla	hentailla
ablative		hentailta	hentailta
allative		hentaille	hentaille
essive		hentaina	hentaina
translative		hentaiksi	hentaiksi
abessive		hentaitta	hentaitta
instructive		—	hentain
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of hentai (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative hentaini hentaini accusative nom. hentaini hentaini gen. hentaini genitive hentaini hentaideni hentaitteni partitive hentaitani hentaitani inessive hentaissani hentaissani elative hentaistani hentaistani illative hentaihini hentaihini adessive hentaillani hentaillani ablative hentailtani hentailtani allative hentailleni hentailleni essive hentainani hentainani translative hentaikseni hentaikseni abessive hentaittani hentaittani instructive — — comitative — hentaineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative hentaisi hentaisi accusative nom. hentaisi hentaisi gen. hentaisi genitive hentaisi hentaidesi hentaittesi partitive hentaitasi hentaitasi inessive hentaissasi hentaissasi elative hentaistasi hentaistasi illative hentaihisi hentaihisi adessive hentaillasi hentaillasi ablative hentailtasi hentailtasi allative hentaillesi hentaillesi essive hentainasi hentainasi translative hentaiksesi hentaiksesi abessive hentaittasi hentaittasi instructive — — comitative — hentainesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative hentaimme hentaimme accusative nom. hentaimme hentaimme gen. hentaimme genitive hentaimme hentaidemme hentaittemme partitive hentaitamme hentaitamme inessive hentaissamme hentaissamme elative hentaistamme hentaistamme illative hentaihimme hentaihimme adessive hentaillamme hentaillamme ablative hentailtamme hentailtamme allative hentaillemme hentaillemme essive hentainamme hentainamme translative hentaiksemme hentaiksemme abessive hentaittamme hentaittamme instructive — — comitative — hentainemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative hentainne hentainne accusative nom. hentainne hentainne gen. hentainne genitive hentainne hentaidenne hentaittenne partitive hentaitanne hentaitanne inessive hentaissanne hentaissanne elative hentaistanne hentaistanne illative hentaihinne hentaihinne adessive hentaillanne hentaillanne ablative hentailtanne hentailtanne allative hentaillenne hentaillenne essive hentainanne hentainanne translative hentaiksenne hentaiksenne abessive hentaittanne hentaittanne instructive — — comitative — hentainenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative hentainsa hentainsa accusative nom. hentainsa hentainsa gen. hentainsa genitive hentainsa hentaidensa hentaittensa partitive hentaitaan hentaitansa hentaitaan hentaitansa inessive hentaissaan hentaissansa hentaissaan hentaissansa elative hentaistaan hentaistansa hentaistaan hentaistansa illative hentaihinsa hentaihinsa adessive hentaillaan hentaillansa hentaillaan hentaillansa ablative hentailtaan hentailtansa hentailtaan hentailtansa allative hentailleen hentaillensa hentailleen hentaillensa essive hentainaan hentainansa hentainaan hentainansa translative hentaikseen hentaiksensa hentaikseen hentaiksensa abessive hentaittaan hentaittansa hentaittaan hentaittansa instructive — — comitative — hentaineen hentainensa

Derived terms

• hentsu

 

French

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)

Indonesian

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 (first-person possessive hentaiku, second-person possessive hentaimu, third-person possessive hentainya)

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.

Japanese

Romanization

hentai

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

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁẽˈtaj/ [hẽˈtaɪ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁẽˈtaj/ [hẽˈtaɪ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁẽˈtaj/ [χẽˈtaɪ̯]

• 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)

Spanish

Etymology

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

Noun

hentai m (plural hentais)

1. hentai

Swedish

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)

Declension

Declension of hentai

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	hentai	hentais
	definite	hentaien	hentaiens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

See also

• anime
• manga

References

• Fula Ordboken

Tagalog

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)