porno

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔːnəʊ/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)nəʊ

Adjective

porno (not comparable)

1. Pornographic. [from the 1950s]

Synonyms

• porn

Noun

porno (countable and uncountable, plural pornos)

1. (uncountable) Pornography.
2. (countable) A pornographic film.

Derived terms

Related terms

• porn
• pornographer
• pornographic
• pornographically
• pornography

Translations

Anagrams

• ponor

Czech

Pronunciation

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

Noun

porno n

1. (informal) porn, porno

   Synonym: pornografie

Declension

Related terms

Adjective

porno (indeclinable)

1. pornographic

   Synonym: pornografický

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

Further reading

• “porno”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)

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]

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔr.noː/
• Hyphenation: por‧no

Noun

porno f (uncountable)

1. porn

Derived terms

• kinderporno
• pornofilm
• pornomodel
• pornoster
• pornozaak
• wraakporno

Adjective

porno (used only predicatively, not comparable)

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

Estonian

Etymology

Clipping of pornograafia.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

porno (genitive porno, partitive pornot)

1. porn

2. (colloquial, figurative) Something stupid, annoying, tedious.
   1. Something of poor quality.
   2. A scandalous mess.

Declension

Synonyms

• pornograafia

Derived terms

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

Finnish

Etymology

See pornografia.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

porno

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

   pornoteollisuus ― porn(ographic) industry

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “porno”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• poron

French

Etymology

Clipping of pornographique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔʁ.no/

Noun

porno m (plural pornos)

1. (uncountable, informal) porno; porn

   l’industrie du porno ― the porn industry

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

   Synonyms: film de cul, film de boules, film cochon

Further reading

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

Galician

Adjective

porno m or f (invariable)

1. (colloquial) pornographic

   Synonyms: pornográfico m, pornográfica f

Noun

porno m (uncountable)

1. (colloquial) pornography

   Synonym: pornografía f

Usage notes

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

German

Adjective

porno (not comparable)

1. (slang) awesome

Indonesian

Etymology

Clipping of pornografi.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

porno (plural porno-porno)

1. (colloquial) pornography

   Synonym: pornografi

Adjective

porno (plural porno-porno)

1. (colloquial) lewd, lascivious, lustful

   Synonyms: cabul, mesum

Further reading

• “porno” 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.

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

porno m (definite singular pornoen, uncountable)

1. pornography

Adjective

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

1. (military jargon) flawless

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuːr.nʊ/

Noun

porno m (definite singular pornoen, uncountable)

1. short for pornografi (“pornography”)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• pornô (Brazil)

Etymology

Clipping of pornográfico.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: por‧no

Adjective

porno (invariable, not comparable) (European Portuguese spelling)

1. (informal) pornographic

   Synonym: pornográfico

Noun

porno m (plural pornos)

1. (Portugal) porn

   Synonym: pornografia

Further reading

• “pornô”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “porno”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “pornô”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “pornô”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English porno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpor.no]

Adjective

porno m or f or n (indeclinable)

1. pornographic
2. (slang) awesome

Etymology 2

Clipping of pornografie

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpor.no]

Noun

porno f (plural [please provide])

1. porn

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoɾno/ [ˈpoɾ.no]
• Rhymes: -oɾno
• Syllabification: por‧no

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

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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

Turkish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

porno

1. porn
2. a pornographic film

Declension

Upper Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔʀnɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɔʀnɔ
• Hyphenation: por‧no
• Syllabification: por‧no

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Porno or short for pornografiski film.

Noun

porno m inan

1. (colloquial) porno, pornographic film

   Synonyms: pornofilm, pornografiski film

Declension

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Conjunction

porno

1. compared to, in contrast to
   • 1966, Translation of the New Testament, Epistle to Romans, ch. 8, v. 18

2. except, besides, apart from

   Synonym: nimo

Preposition

porno [with dative]

1. next to, beside, alongside, adjacent to, near, near to

References

• “porno” in Soblex