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yaoi

Syllables: yao·i/ˈjaʊ̯.i/

yaoi noun: a narrative or visual work featuring a romantic or sexual relationship between two or more men.

Noun

yaoi (countable and uncountable, plural yaoi or yaois)

  1. (Japanese, especially) A narrative or visual work featuring a romantic or sexual relationship between two or more men.
  2. (Japanese) A form of hentai involving two or more men in a gay relationship.
    • I have a ton of gay porn, actually. He knows. I'm a major yaoi freak. But only if it's manga and anime. Because I'm just a pervert like that.2005 October, interview with Fall Out Boy during the Nintendo Fusion Tour, spoken by Jessica Chobot, IGN

Proper noun capitalized: Yaoi

Yaoi

  1. A surname from Japanese.

yaoi meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Arabic

yaoi in Hindi

narrative involving men in a gay relationship
याओइ yāoi

yaoi in Marathi

narrative involving men in a gay relationship
याओइ yāoi

yaoi in Bengali

narrative involving men in a gay relationship
ইয়াওই iẏaōi

yaoi in Arabic

narrative involving men in a gay relationship
يَاوِي yāwī

Synonyms of yaoi

Forms of yaoi

pluralyaoi
pluralyaois

Origin of yaoi

Borrowed from Japanese やおい (yaoi), an acronym of 山(やま)無(な)し (yama nashi, “no climax”), 落(お)ち無(な)し (ochi nashi, “no point”), and 意味(いみ)無(な)し (imi nashi, “no meaning”), originally mocking those who criticised early yaoi works for being too focused on sex scenes instead of storylines.

From Japanese 矢追 (Yaoi).

Words formed from yaoi

Phrases with yaoi

Words that rhyme with yaoi

Questions about yaoi

What does yaoi mean?
Yaoi means a narrative or visual work featuring a romantic or sexual relationship between two or more men.
What is yaoi in Hindi?
Yaoi in Hindi is याओइ (yāoi). See Yaoi meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is yaoi?
Yaoi can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce yaoi?
Yaoi is pronounced /ˈjaʊ̯.i/.
What is the plural of yaoi?
The plural of yaoi is yaoi.

Words near yaoi in the dictionary

  1. yaocho
  2. yaodong
  3. yaodongs
  4. Yaodu
  5. Yaohai
  6. yaoi
  7. yaoi hand
  8. yaoi hands
  9. yaoi hole
  10. yaoi holes
  11. yaoicest

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Adapted from Wiktionary: yaoi (page history and authors); Yaoi (page history and authors). 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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