porno-

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

English

Alternative forms

• porn- (prevocalically)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *perh₂-der.

Proto-Hellenic *pórnē

Ancient Greek πόρνη (pórnē)der.

English porno-

From πορν- (porn-), the stem of the Ancient Greek πόρνη (pórnē, “prostitute”). Sense 2 from porno(graphy) and porno(grapher), both ultimately also from πόρνη (pórnē, “prostitute”).

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)nəʊ

Prefix

porno-

1. (now rarely productive) Relating to prostitutes or prostitution.
3. Of, pertaining to, or constituting pornography.

Derived terms

• pornerastic
• pornocracy
• pornocrat
• pornosophical

References

• “porno-” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]
• “porno-, comb. form” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [draft revision; June 2009]

Anagrams

• ponor

Galician

Prefix

porno-

1. porn-

Derived terms

From

Galician terms prefixed with porno-

pornocrático

.

German

Prefix

porno-

1. porn-

Derived terms

Category German terms prefixed with porno- not found

Italian

Prefix

porno-

1. porn-

Derived terms

Italian terms prefixed with porno-

pornoattore

pornodiva

pornodivo

pornofilm

pornografo

pornoshop

pornoshow

pornostar

pornovideo

Anagrams

• prono

Portuguese

Prefix

porno-

1. porn-

Derived terms

Portuguese terms prefixed with porno-

pornocracia

pornocrático

Further reading

• “porno-”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “porno-”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Prefix

porno-

1. porn-

Derived terms

Spanish terms prefixed with porno-

pornocrático