futanari
fu·ta·na·ri/ˌfu.təˈnɑ.ɹi/noun
futanari is a noun meaning “A genre of Japanese pornography featuring intersex, hermaphroditic, or gynomorph characters, usually female characters with a penis and sometimes…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-U-T-A-N-A-R-I and has 4 syllables (fu·ta·na·ri), and it appears about once in every 17 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of futanari is futanaris.
What does futanari mean?
noun
- 1
A genre of Japanese pornography featuring intersex, hermaphroditic, or gynomorph characters, usually female characters with a penis and sometimes testicles.
- 2
An intersex or hermaphroditic character, usually female with both a vagina and penis, in such a work.
- 3
A gynomorph character, usually female with a penis and no vagina, in such a work.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce futanari?
- UK /ˌfuː.təˈnɑː.ɹi/
- US /ˌfu.təˈnɑ.ɹi/
Futanari has 4 syllables, split fu·ta·na·ri in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-futanari.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of futanari
- futanaris plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is futanari?
Futanari appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you abbreviate futanari?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of futanari: futa.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Futanari in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense genre of pornography featuring intersex characters:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does futanari come from?
From Japanese ふたなり (futanari, “hermaphrodite”), from 二(ふた) (futa, “two”) + 形(なり) (nari, “shape, form”) or 態(なり) (nari).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).