hentai
English
Etymology
From Japanese 変態 (hentai, “pervert”), short for 変態性欲者 (hentai seiyoku sha, literally “person with abnormal sexual desires”).
変態 (hentai) is not a genre in Japanese; this is a development in English.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɛn.taɪ/
Audio (UK) (file)
Noun
hentai (countable and uncountable, plural hentai)
- A work of anime or manga (or any similar medium) that contains heavily sexual or pornographic art.
- Hypernyms: anime, manga
- Hyponyms: yaoi, yuri
- Coordinate term: ecchi
- 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
Translations
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See also
- Appendix:Glossary of Japanese sex terms
Anagrams
- Hetian, Hà Tiên, Ianthe, Tehani, in heat, tehina, thiane
Cebuano
Etymology
From English hentai, from Japanese 変態 (hentai).
Noun
hentai
- hentai; a work of anime or manga (or any similar medium) that contains heavily sexual or pornographic art
Finnish
Etymology
From English hentai, from Japanese 変態 (hentai).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhentɑi̯/, [ˈhe̞n̪t̪ɑi̯]
- Rhymes: -entɑi
- Syllabification(key): hen‧tai
Noun
hentai
- hentai (pornographic anime or manga)
Declension
Inflection of hentai (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | |||
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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 | |
instructive | — | hentain | |
abessive | hentaitta | hentaitta | |
comitative | — | hentaineen |
Possessive forms of hentai (type maa) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | hentaini | hentaimme |
2nd person | hentaisi | hentainne |
3rd person | hentainsa |
French
Pronunciation
- (aspirated h)IPA(key): /ɛn.taj/
Audio (file)
Noun
hentai m (plural hentais)
- hentai (a work of anime or manga—Japanese cartoon art, respectively animated and static—that contains pornography)
Indonesian
Etymology
From Japanese 変態 (hentai, “one who has (perverted) sexual drives to a great extent”), from an abbreviation for 変態性欲者 (hentai seiyoku sha, “perverted person”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɛn.tai̯/
- Hyphenation: hèn‧tai
Noun
hentai (first-person possessive hentaiku, second-person possessive hentaimu, third-person possessive hentainya)
- A work of anime or manga (or any similar medium) that contains heavily sexual or pornographic art.
Adjective
hentai
- pornographic
Further reading
- “hentai” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Japanese
Romanization
hentai
- Rōmaji transcription of へんたい
Portuguese
Noun
hentai m (plural hentais)
- hentai (a work of anime or manga — Japanese cartoon art, respectively animated and static — that contains pornography)
Spanish
Noun
hentai m (plural hentais)
- hentai