porno

porno

See also: porno-, Porno, pornô, and pornó

English

Etymology

Shortening of pornographic or pornography. Attested from mid-20th century.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔːnəʊ/

• Audio (UK)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)nəʊ

Adjective

porno (not comparable)

1. Pornographic. [from the 1950s]

   That's a porno film.

   • 1973 January 21, Vincent Canby, “What Are We To Think of ‘Deep Throat’?”, in The New York Times‎, ISSN 0362-4331:

     For reasons that still baffle me, “Deep Throat” became the one porno film in New York chic to see and to seen at, even before the court case, even before Earl Wilson wrote about it.

   • 1978, Mario Pei, Weasel Words: The Art of Saying what You Don't Mean p. 15:

     […] ultra-risqué pictures verging on the pornographic (the most porno of the last-named have not yet made it to the TV screen, but they are getting there fast—witness the storm of protests over the situation comedy “Soap”).

Synonyms

• porn

Noun

porno (countable and uncountable, plural pornos)

1. (uncountable) Pornography.
   • 2004, Martin Amis, Vintage Amis, page 190:

     In any case, porno is littered—porno is heaped—with the deaths of feelings.

2. (countable) A pornographic film.

   They watched a few pornos.

Related terms

• porn
• pornographer
• pornographic
• pornographically
• pornography

Translations

pornography

Chinese: Mandarin: 色情 (zh) (sèqíng), 春宮／春宫 (zh) (chūngōng) Danish: porno (da) Dutch: porno (nl), pornografie (nl) Finnish: porno (fi), pornografia (fi) French: porno (fr) m Galician: porno (gl) m German: Porno (de) m, Pornografie (de) f Greek: πορνό (el) n (pornó) Italian: porno (it) m Portuguese: porno (pt) m (Portugal), pornô (pt) m (Brazil) Russian: порногра́фия (ru) f (pornográfija), порну́ха (ru) f (pornúxa), порну́шка (ru) f (pornúška), по́рно (ru) n (pórno) Spanish: porno (es) m Swedish: porr (sv) c

pornographic film

Danish: pornofilm c Portuguese: porno (pt) m (Portugal), pornô (pt) m (Brazil)

Anagrams

• ponor

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈporno]
• Hyphenation: por‧no
• Rhymes: -orno

Noun

porno n

1. (informal) porn, porno

Declension

Declension of porno

	singular	plural
nominative	porno	porna
genitive	porna	poren
dative	pornu	pornům
accusative	porno	porna
vocative	porno	porna
locative	pornu	pornech
instrumental	pornem	porny

Synonyms

• See also pornografie

Related terms

• pornograf
• pornografický
• pornografie

Adjective

porno

1. pornographic

   Synonym: pornografický

   porno časopis ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Further reading

• porno in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔrno/, [ˈpʰɒːno]

Noun

porno c (singular definite pornoen, not used in plural form)

1. short form of pornografi (“pornography”) [from 1965]

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Dutch

Etymology

Clipping of pornografie or a borrowing. First attested in the 1960s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔr.noː/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: por‧no

Noun

porno f (uncountable)

1. porn
   • 1964 June 11, "Fanny Hill", Friese Koerier, vol. 19, no. 226, page 2.

     Voor het assimileren van de verschillen tussen porno en kunst, zoals die in de laatste jaren door experts als het echtpaar Kronhausen en anderen zijn vastgelegd, zal in Nederland wel weer veel tijd nodig zijn.

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

Derived terms

• kinderporno
• porno
• wraakporno

Adjective

porno (used only predicatively, not comparable)

1. (Netherlands, slang) hot, attractive, sexy

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Estonian

Etymology

Clipping of pornograafia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈporno/
• Hyphenation: por‧no

Noun

porno (genitive porno, partitive pornot)

1. porn

   Öösel aga võib palju pornot vaadata.

   But at night you can watch a lot of porn.

2. (colloquial, figurative) Something stupid, annoying, tedious.

   30 lapsele võõrkeele õpetamine on ikka paras porno küll.

   Teaching a foreign language to 30 children is really tedious.

   (literally, “Teaching a foreign language to 30 children is porn.”)

   1. Something of poor quality.
   2. A scandalous mess.

      Poliitiline porno.

      Political anarchy.

      (literally, “Political porn.”)

Declension

Inflection of porno (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	porno	pornod
accusative	porno	pornod
genitive	porno	pornote
partitive	pornot	pornoid
illative	pornosse	pornotesse pornoisse
inessive	pornos	pornotes pornois
elative	pornost	pornotest pornoist
allative	pornole	pornotele pornoile
adessive	pornol	pornotel pornoil
ablative	pornolt	pornotelt pornoilt
translative	pornoks	pornoteks pornoiks
terminative	pornoni	pornoteni
essive	pornona	pornotena
abessive	pornota	pornoteta
comitative	pornoga	pornotega

Synonyms

• pornograafia

Derived terms

• lapsporno
• lasteporno
• pornoajakiri
• pornofilm
• pornosait
• pornostaar
• pornotäht
• pornotööstus
• sotsiaalporno

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Finnish

Etymology

See pornografia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈporno/, [ˈpo̞rno̞]
• Rhymes: -orno
• Syllabification^(key): por‧no

Noun

porno

1. Clipping of pornografia; porn
2. (in compounds) pornographic, porn

   pornoteollisuus = porn(ographic) industry

Declension

Inflection of porno (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		porno	pornot
genitive		pornon	pornojen
partitive		pornoa	pornoja
illative		pornoon	pornoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		porno	pornot
accusative	nom.	porno	pornot
	gen.	pornon
genitive		pornon	pornojen
partitive		pornoa	pornoja
inessive		pornossa	pornoissa
elative		pornosta	pornoista
illative		pornoon	pornoihin
adessive		pornolla	pornoilla
ablative		pornolta	pornoilta
allative		pornolle	pornoille
essive		pornona	pornoina
translative		pornoksi	pornoiksi
instructive		—	pornoin
abessive		pornotta	pornoitta
comitative		—	pornoineen

Possessive forms of porno (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	pornoni	pornomme
2nd person	pornosi	pornonne
3rd person	pornonsa

Compounds

compounds

• kostoporno
• lapsiporno
• lonkeroporno
• pornoaddikti
• pornoelokuva
• pornoelokuvateatteri
• pornofilmi
• pornokauppa
• pornoleffa
• pornolehti
• pornoluola
• pornonäyttelijä
• pornoriippuvainen
• pornoriippuvaisuus
• pornosivu
• pornosivusto
• pornoteollisuus
• pornotähti
• pornovideo
• ruokaporno
• sosiaaliporno
• sotaporno

Anagrams

• poron

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French

Etymology

Clipping of pornographique.

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

• Audio (CAN)

  (file)

Noun

porno m (plural pornos)

1. (uncountable, informal) porno; porn

   l'industrie du porno ― the porn industry

2. (countable, informal) a porn movie, a skin flick, a blue movie

Further reading

• “porno”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Galician

Adjective

porno m or f (invariable)

1. (colloquial) pornographic

Synonyms

• pornográfico m, pornográfica f

Noun

porno m (uncountable)

1. (colloquial) pornography

Usage notes

Like foto, the shortened form of fotografia, this shortened form of pornografia is properly feminine, but sometimes used as a masculine noun.

Synonyms

• pornografía f

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Indonesian

Etymology

Clipping of pornografi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɔr.no]
• Hyphenation: por‧no

Noun

porno (first-person possessive pornoku, second-person possessive pornomu, third-person possessive pornonya)

1. (colloquial) pornography.

   Synonym: pornografi

Adjective

porno (first-person possessive pornoku, second-person possessive pornomu, third-person possessive pornonya)

1. (colloquial) lewd, lascivious, lustful.

   Synonyms: cabul, mesum

Further reading

• “porno” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Italian

Etymology

Clipping of pornografia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔr.no/
• Rhymes: -ɔrno
• Hyphenation: pòr‧no

Adjective

porno (invariable)

1. pornographic

Noun

porno m (invariable)

1. porn, pornography (especially a pornographic film)

Anagrams

• prono

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Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

porno (singular and plural porno, comparative mer porno, superlative mest porno)

1. (military jargon) flawless

Noun

porno m (definite singular pornoen, uncountable)

1. pornography

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuːr.nʊ/

Noun

porno m (definite singular pornoen, uncountable)

1. short for pornografi (“pornography”)

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• pornô (Brazilian)

Etymology

Clipping of pornográfico and pornografia.[1]

Adjective

porno (invariable, not comparable) (European spelling)

1. (informal) pornographic

   Synonym: pornográfico

Noun

porno m (plural pornos)

1. (Portugal) porn

   Synonym: pornografia

References

1. “porno” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.

Further reading

• “porno” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English porno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpor.no]

Adjective

porno m or f or n (indeclinable)

1. pornographic
2. (slang) awesome

Usage notes

This word is not a noun, although it is sometimes used as one. In order to avoid ambiguity, a phrase such as film porno or revistă porno should be used.

Declension

Declension of porno (invariable)

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	porno		porno	porno	porno
	definite	—		—	—	—
genitive/ dative	indefinite	porno		porno	porno	porno
	definite	—		—	—	—

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Spanish

Etymology 1

Clipping of pornográfico.

Adjective

porno (invariable)

1. (colloquial) porno

   Synonyms: pornográfico, pornográfica

Noun

porno m (uncountable)

1. (colloquial) porno, porn, especially the concept or the industry

   Synonym: pornografía

Derived terms

• actor porno
• actriz porno

 

Etymology 2

Clipping of pornografía

Noun

porno m or f (countable and uncountable, plural pornos)

1. (colloquial) porn, especially the produced material

Further reading

• “porno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

“El porno / la porno”, in WordReference Forums‎, November 2013, retrieved July 21st, 2021

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Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpoɾno]
• Hyphenation: por‧no

Noun

porno

1. porn
2. a pornographic film

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	porno
Definite accusative	pornoyu
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	porno	pornolar
Definite accusative	pornoyu	pornoları
Dative	pornoya	pornolara
Locative	pornoda	pornolarda
Ablative	pornodan	pornolardan
Genitive	pornonun	pornoların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular pornom pornolarım 2nd singular pornon pornoların 3rd singular pornosu pornoları 1st plural pornomuz pornolarımız 2nd plural pornonuz pornolarınız 3rd plural pornoları pornoları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular pornomu pornolarımı 2nd singular pornonu pornolarını 3rd singular pornosunu pornolarını 1st plural pornomuzu pornolarımızı 2nd plural pornonuzu pornolarınızı 3rd plural pornolarını pornolarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular pornoma pornolarıma 2nd singular pornona pornolarına 3rd singular pornosuna pornolarına 1st plural pornomuza pornolarımıza 2nd plural pornonuza pornolarınıza 3rd plural pornolarına pornolarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular pornomda pornolarımda 2nd singular pornonda pornolarında 3rd singular pornosunda pornolarında 1st plural pornomuzda pornolarımızda 2nd plural pornonuzda pornolarınızda 3rd plural pornolarında pornolarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular pornomdan pornolarımdan 2nd singular pornondan pornolarından 3rd singular pornosundan pornolarından 1st plural pornomuzdan pornolarımızdan 2nd plural pornonuzdan pornolarınızdan 3rd plural pornolarından pornolarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular pornomun pornolarımın 2nd singular pornonun pornolarının 3rd singular pornosunun pornolarının 1st plural pornomuzun pornolarımızın 2nd plural pornonuzun pornolarınızın 3rd plural pornolarının pornolarının

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Upper Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpor.no]

Preposition

porno (inv)

1. (when) compared to; as distinct from
   • 1966, Translation of the New Testament, Epistle to Romans, ch. 8, v. 18

     Mam za to, zo njejsu ćerpjenja tutoho časa ničo porno přichodnej krasnosći, kotraž so nad nami zjewi.

2. unlike, contrary to
3. against
4. along with