hentai
French, noun/ɛn.taj/
hentai is spelled H-E-N-T-A-I (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 36,757th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hentai is a French masculine noun meaning “hentai (a work of anime or manga–Japanese cartoon art, respectively animated and static–that contains pornography)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Anime ou manga à caractère pornographique”.
What does hentai mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehentai (a work of anime or manga–Japanese cartoon art, respectively animated and static–that contains pornography)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Anime ou manga à caractère pornographique.
noun: 1. Manga ou anime à caractère pornographique.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of hentai
- hentais plural
- ^((h aspiré))\ɛn.taj\ singular plural
- hentaï
- hentail
- hentaïs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hentai?
- /ɛn.taj/
- ^((h aspiré))\ɛn.taj\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hentai
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hentai in French?
hentai appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).