porno

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

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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[1], →ISSN:
      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, 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)

  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.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

Czech

Pronunciation

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

Noun

porno n

  1. (informal) porn, porno
    Synonym: pornografie

Declension

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/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: por‧no

Noun

porno f (uncountable)

  1. 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)

  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
    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

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

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

Noun

porno

  1. Clipping of pornografia; porn
  2. (in compounds) pornographic, porn
    pornoteollisuusporn(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
abessive pornotta pornoitta
instructive pornoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of porno (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative pornoni pornoni
accusative nom. pornoni pornoni
gen. pornoni
genitive pornoni pornojeni
partitive pornoani pornojani
inessive pornossani pornoissani
elative pornostani pornoistani
illative pornooni pornoihini
adessive pornollani pornoillani
ablative pornoltani pornoiltani
allative pornolleni pornoilleni
essive pornonani pornoinani
translative pornokseni pornoikseni
abessive pornottani pornoittani
instructive
comitative pornoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative pornosi pornosi
accusative nom. pornosi pornosi
gen. pornosi
genitive pornosi pornojesi
partitive pornoasi pornojasi
inessive pornossasi pornoissasi
elative pornostasi pornoistasi
illative pornoosi pornoihisi
adessive pornollasi pornoillasi
ablative pornoltasi pornoiltasi
allative pornollesi pornoillesi
essive pornonasi pornoinasi
translative pornoksesi pornoiksesi
abessive pornottasi pornoittasi
instructive
comitative pornoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative pornomme pornomme
accusative nom. pornomme pornomme
gen. pornomme
genitive pornomme pornojemme
partitive pornoamme pornojamme
inessive pornossamme pornoissamme
elative pornostamme pornoistamme
illative pornoomme pornoihimme
adessive pornollamme pornoillamme
ablative pornoltamme pornoiltamme
allative pornollemme pornoillemme
essive pornonamme pornoinamme
translative pornoksemme pornoiksemme
abessive pornottamme pornoittamme
instructive
comitative pornoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative pornonne pornonne
accusative nom. pornonne pornonne
gen. pornonne
genitive pornonne pornojenne
partitive pornoanne pornojanne
inessive pornossanne pornoissanne
elative pornostanne pornoistanne
illative pornoonne pornoihinne
adessive pornollanne pornoillanne
ablative pornoltanne pornoiltanne
allative pornollenne pornoillenne
essive pornonanne pornoinanne
translative pornoksenne pornoiksenne
abessive pornottanne pornoittanne
instructive
comitative pornoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative pornonsa pornonsa
accusative nom. pornonsa pornonsa
gen. pornonsa
genitive pornonsa pornojensa
partitive pornoaan
pornoansa
pornojaan
pornojansa
inessive pornossaan
pornossansa
pornoissaan
pornoissansa
elative pornostaan
pornostansa
pornoistaan
pornoistansa
illative pornoonsa pornoihinsa
adessive pornollaan
pornollansa
pornoillaan
pornoillansa
ablative pornoltaan
pornoltansa
pornoiltaan
pornoiltansa
allative pornolleen
pornollensa
pornoilleen
pornoillensa
essive pornonaan
pornonansa
pornoinaan
pornoinansa
translative pornokseen
pornoksensa
pornoikseen
pornoiksensa
abessive pornottaan
pornottansa
pornoittaan
pornoittansa
instructive
comitative pornoineen
pornoinensa

Derived terms

compounds

Further reading

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Clipping of pornographique.

Pronunciation

Noun

porno m (plural pornos)

  1. (uncountable, informal) porno; porn
    l’industrie du pornothe porn industry
  2. (countable, informal) porn movie, skin flick, blue movie
    Synonyms: film de cul, film de boules, film cochon

Further reading

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.

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

Italian

Etymology

Clipping of pornografia.

Pronunciation

Adjective

porno (invariable)

  1. pornographic

Noun

porno m (invariable)

  1. porn, pornography (especially a pornographic film)

Anagrams

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Noun

porno m (definite singular pornoen, uncountable)

  1. 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)

  1. (informal) pornographic
    Synonym: pornográfico

Noun

porno m (plural pornos)

  1. (Portugal) porn
    Synonym: pornografia

References

  1. ^ porno”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English porno.

Pronunciation

Adjective

porno m or f or n (indeclinable)

  1. pornographic
  2. (slang) awesome

Etymology 2

Clipping of pornografie

Pronunciation

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

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

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

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

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
      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.
  2. except, besides, apart from
    Synonym: nimo

Preposition

porno [with dative]

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

References