hentai

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/ˈhɛntaɪ/

noun

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

OriginJapanese 変態 →
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Meanings

nounhentai (countable and uncountable, plural hentai or hentais)

plural hentais

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

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

    2019, “Hentai”, in Cry, performed by Cigarettes After Sex
    1 more example

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

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

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
pornography

Origin

  1. Japanese変態
  2. Japanese変態
  3. Englishhentai

Pseudo-Japonism, derived from 変(へん)態(たい) (hentai, “pervert”), short for 変(へん)態(たい)性(せい)欲(よく)者(しゃ) (hentai seiyoku-sha, literally “person with abnormal sexual desires”). Attested since 1990.

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Translations

Arabic هِنْتَاي
  • هِنْتَاي (hintāy)work of sexual art
Bulgarian хента́й
  • хента́й (hentáj)work of sexual art
Chinese Mandarin 裡番 /里番, 本子
  • 裡番 /里番 (lǐfān)work of sexual art
  • 本子 (běnzi)work of sexual art
Czech hentai
  • hentaiwork of sexual art
Danish hentai
  • hentaiwork of sexual art
Dutch hentai
  • hentaiwork of sexual art
Esperanto hentajo
  • hentajowork of sexual art
Estonian hentai
  • hentaiwork of sexual art
Finnish hentai
  • hentaiwork of sexual art
French hentai
  • hentaiwork of sexual art
German Hentai
  • Hentaiwork of sexual art
Greek χεντάι
  • χεντάι (chentái)work of sexual art
Hebrew הנטאי
  • הנטאי (hentay)work of sexual art
Hindi हेनतई
  • हेनतई (hentaī)work of sexual art
Hungarian hentai
  • hentaiwork of sexual art
Indonesian hentai
  • hentaiwork of sexual art
Italian hentai
  • hentaiwork of sexual art
Japanese ヘンタイ, エロアニメ
  • ヘンタイ (hentai)work of sexual art
  • エロアニメ (eroanime)work of sexual art
  • エロ漫画 (eromanga)work of sexual art
Korean 헨타이
  • 헨타이 (hentai)work of sexual art
Malay hentai
  • hentaiwork of sexual art
Norwegian Bokmål hentai
  • hentaiwork of sexual art
Persian هنتای
  • هنتای (hentây)work of sexual art
Polish hentai
  • hentaiwork of sexual art
Portuguese hentai
  • hentaiwork of sexual art
Romanian hentai
  • hentaiwork of sexual art
Russian хента́й
  • хента́й (xentáj)work of sexual art
Spanish hentai
  • hentaiwork of sexual art
Swedish hentai
  • hentaiwork of sexual art
Tagalog hentai
  • hentaiwork of sexual art
Thai เฮ็นไต
  • เฮ็นไต (hen-dtai)work of sexual art
Turkish hentai
  • hentaiwork of sexual art
Ukrainian хента́й
  • хента́й (xentáj)work of sexual art
Urdu ہینتائی
  • ہینتائی (hentaī)work of sexual art
Vietnamese hentai
  • hentaiwork of sexual art

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

TianheIantheTehanitahineHetianthiane
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hentai. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hentai

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“hentai.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hentai. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hentai,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hentai.

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