# hentai
## 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: /ˈhɛntaɪ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛntaɪ

### Noun

hentai (countable and uncountable, plural hentai or hentais)
* (Japanese pornography) 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: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
* → Korean: 헨타이 (hentai)
* → Polish: hentai
* → Portuguese: hentai
* → Russian: хентай (xentaj)
* → Spanish: hentai
* → Swedish: hentai
* → Tagalog: hentai
* → Ukrainian: хента́й (xentáj)

#### Translations
### 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
* 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: /ˈhentɑi̯/, [ˈhe̞n̪t̪ɑ̝i̯]
* Rhymes: -entɑi
* Hyphenation: hen‧tai

### Noun

hentai
* hentai (pornographic anime or manga)

#### Declension

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

* IPA: /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 English hentai, a semantic shift from Japanese 変態(へんたい) (hentai, “pervert”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɛn.tai̯/
* Hyphenation: hèn‧tai

### Noun

hentai (plural hentai-hentai)
* hentai (pornographic anime or manga)

### Adjective

hentai
* 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
* Rōmaji transcription of へんたい
* 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: /ʁẽˈtaj/ [hẽˈtaɪ̯]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁẽˈtaj/ [hẽˈtaɪ̯]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ʁẽˈtaj/ [χẽˈtaɪ̯]
* Hyphenation: hen‧tai

### Noun

hentai m (plural hentais)
* hentai (a work of anime or manga — Japanese cartoon art, respectively animated and static — that contains pornography)

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /xenˈtai/ [xẽn̪ˈt̪ai̯]
* Rhymes: -ai
* Syllabification: hen‧tai

### Noun

hentai m (plural hentais)
* hentai

## Swedish
### Etymology

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

### Noun

hentai c
* hentai (pornographic anime or manga)

#### 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: /ˈhentaj/ [ˈhɛn̪.t̪aɪ̯]
* Rhymes: -entaj
* Syllabification: hen‧tai

### Noun

hentai (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜁ)
* hentai (sexual or pornographic anime or manga)