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hentai

/ˈhɛntaɪ/

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

Noun

hentai (countable and uncountable, plural hentai or hentais)

  1. (Japanese) A 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 love2019, “Hentai”, in Cry, performed by Cigarettes After Sex
    • 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

hentai meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

hentai in Hindi

work of sexual art
हेनतई hentaī

hentai in Marathi

work of sexual art
हेन्ताइ hentāi

hentai in Urdu

work of sexual art
ہینتائی hentaī

hentai in Bengali

হেনটাই, হেন্টাই
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hentai in Telugu
హెంటాయ్, హెంటై, హెంటాయి
hentai in Malayalam
ഹെൻറ്റായ്, ഹെന്റായ്, ഹെൻടൈ
hentai in Kannada
ಹೆಂಟಾಯ್, ಹೆಂಟೈ, ಹೆಂಟಾಯಿ
hentai in Punjabi
ਹੇਂਤਾਈ, ਹੈਨਟਈ, ਹੇਨਤਾਈ
hentai in Gujarati
હેન્ટાઈ, હેન્ટાઇ, હેંતાઈ
hentai in Odia
ହେଣ୍ଟାଇ, ହେନ୍ତାଇ, ହେନଟାଇ
hentai in Nepali
हेन्टाई, हेन्ताई, हेनताई
hentai in Tagalog
hentai
hentai in Arabic
هِنْتَاي hintāy
hentai in Malay
hentai
hentai in Indonesian
hentai
hentai in Persian
هنتای hentây
hentai in Thai
เฮ็นไต hen-dtai
hentai in Vietnamese
hentai

Forms of hentai

pluralhentai
pluralhentais

Origin of hentai

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”).

Questions about hentai

What does hentai mean?
Hentai means a work of anime or manga (or any similar medium) that contains heavily sexual or pornographic art.
What is hentai in Hindi?
Hentai in Hindi is हेनतई (hentaī). See Hentai meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is hentai?
Hentai is a noun.
How do you pronounce hentai?
Hentai is pronounced /ˈhɛntaɪ/.
What is the plural of hentai?
The plural of hentai is hentai.

Words near hentai in the dictionary

  1. Henstock
  2. Henstridge
  3. Henstridges
  4. Hensunaha
  5. hent
  6. hentai
  7. hentaigana
  8. hentais
  9. hentak
  10. hentak kaki
  11. hented

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: hentai (page history and authors); hentai (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hentai (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hentai (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hentai (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hentai (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hentai (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hentai (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hentai (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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