porno
English
Etymology
Clipping of pornographic or pornography. Attested from mid-20th century.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɔːnəʊ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)nəʊ
Adjective
porno (not comparable)
- Pornographic. [from the 1950s]
- That's a porno film.
- 1978, Mario Pei, Weasel Words: The Art of Saying what You Don't Mean, page 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
Noun
porno (countable and uncountable, plural pornos)
- (uncountable) Pornography.
- 2004, Martin Amis, Vintage Amis, page 190:
- In any case, porno is littered—porno is heaped—with the deaths of feelings.
- (countable) A pornographic film.
- They watched a few pornos.
Derived terms
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Translations
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Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
porno n
- (informal) porn, porno
- Synonym: pornografie
Declension
Related terms
Adjective
porno (indeclinable)
- 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
Noun
porno c (singular definite pornoen, not used in plural form)
- short form of pornografi (“pornography”) [from 1965]
Dutch
Etymology
Clipping of pornografie or a borrowing. First attested in the 1960s.
Pronunciation
Noun
porno f (uncountable)
- porn
- 1964 June 11, “Fanny Hill”, in Friese Koerier, volume 19, number 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 quotation)
Derived terms
Adjective
porno (used only predicatively, not comparable)
- (Netherlands, slang) hot, attractive, sexy
Estonian
Etymology
Clipping of pornograafia.
Pronunciation
Noun
porno (genitive porno, partitive pornot)
- porn
- Öösel aga võib palju pornot vaadata.
- But at night you can watch a lot of porn.
- (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.”)
- Something of poor quality.
- A scandalous mess.
- Poliitiline porno.
- Political anarchy.
- (literally, “Political porn.”)
Declension
Declension of porno (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | porno | pornod | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | porno | ||
genitive | 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
Derived terms
Finnish
Etymology
See pornografia.
Pronunciation
Noun
porno
- Clipping of pornografia; porn
- (in compounds) pornographic, porn
- pornoteollisuus ― porn(ographic) industry
Declension
Inflection of porno (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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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 | |
abessive | pornotta | pornoitta | |
instructive | — | pornoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
- kostoporno
- lapsiporno
- lonkeroporno
- pehmoporno
- pornoaddikti
- pornoelokuva
- pornoelokuvateatteri
- pornofilmi
- pornokansio
- pornokauppa
- pornokauppias
- pornokeisari
- pornokirja
- pornoleffa
- pornolehti
- pornoluola
- pornonäyttelijä
- pornoriippuvainen
- pornoriippuvaisuus
- pornosivu
- pornosivusto
- pornoteollisuus
- pornotähti
- pornovideo
- ruokaporno
- sosiaaliporno
- sotaporno
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
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
porno m (plural pornos)
- (uncountable, informal) porno; porn
- l’industrie du porno ― the porn industry
- (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)
- (colloquial) pornographic
- Synonyms: pornográfico m, pornográfica f
Noun
porno m (uncountable)
- (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.
Indonesian
Etymology
Clipping of pornografi.
Pronunciation
Noun
porno (first-person possessive pornoku, second-person possessive pornomu, third-person possessive pornonya)
- (colloquial) pornography.
- Synonym: pornografi
Adjective
porno (first-person possessive pornoku, second-person possessive pornomu, third-person possessive pornonya)
- (colloquial) lewd, lascivious, lustful.
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
Adjective
porno (invariable)
Noun
porno m (invariable)
- porn, pornography (especially a pornographic film)
Anagrams
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
porno (singular and plural porno, comparative mer porno, superlative mest porno)
- (military jargon) flawless
Noun
porno m (definite singular pornoen, uncountable)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Noun
porno m (definite singular pornoen, uncountable)
- short for pornografi (“pornography”)
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Clipping of pornográfico and pornografia.[1]
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: por‧no
Adjective
porno (invariable, not comparable) (European Portuguese spelling)
- (informal) pornographic
- Synonym: pornográfico
Noun
porno m (plural pornos)
- (Portugal) porn
- Synonym: pornografia
References
- ^ “porno”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
Further reading
- “porno”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Romanian
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Adjective
porno m or f or n (indeclinable)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
porno f (plural [please provide])
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
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | porno | porno | porno | porno | ||
definite | — | — | — | — | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | porno | porno | porno | porno | ||
definite | — | — | — | — |
Spanish
Etymology 1
Clipping of pornográfico.
Adjective
porno (invariable)
- (colloquial) porno
- Synonyms: pornográfico, pornográfica
Noun
porno m (uncountable)
- (colloquial) porno, porn, especially the concept or the industry
- Synonym: pornografía
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
porno m or f (countable and uncountable, plural pornos)
- (colloquial) porn, especially the produced material
Further reading
- “porno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
“El porno / la porno”, in WordReference Forums, 2013 November, retrieved July 21st, 2021
Turkish
Pronunciation
Noun
porno
- porn
- a pornographic film
Declension
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Definite accusative | pornoyu | pornoları | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dative | pornoya | pornolara | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | pornoda | pornolarda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | pornodan | pornolardan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | pornonun | pornoların | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Upper Sorbian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from German Porno or short for pornografiski film.
Noun
porno m inan
- (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
- compared to, in contrast to
- 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.
- I find that sufferings of this time are nothing in contrast to the future glory that is coming upon us.
- 1966, Translation of the New Testament, Epistle to Romans, ch. 8, v. 18
- except, besides, apart from
- Synonym: nimo
Preposition
porno [with dative]
References
- “porno” in Soblex
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- et:Pornography
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