porno

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

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)

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

• 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.

Derived terms

• porno chic
• porno mag

 

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

Czech

Pronunciation

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

Noun

porno n

1. (informal) porn, porno

   Synonym: pornografie

Declension

Declension of porno (hard neuter reducible)

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

Related terms

• pornograf
• pornografický
• pornografie

 

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

• 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

   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

• 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

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

• pornahtava
• pornoilla

 

compounds

• 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

• poron

French

Etymology

Clipping of pornographique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔʁ.no/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio (Canada):

  (file)

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.

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

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

• 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 and pornografia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔʁ.nu/ [ˈpɔɦ.nu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔʁ.nu/ [ˈpɔɦ.nu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɾ.nu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔʁ.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɻ.no/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɾ.nu/

• 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

• “porno”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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

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	—		—		—	—

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 [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

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

Declension of porno (masculine hard stem irreg-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	porno	pornaj	porny
genitive	porna	pornow	pornow
dative	pornej	pornomaj	pornam
accusative	porno	pornaj	porny
instrumental	pornom	pornomaj	pornami
locative	pornje	pornomaj	pornach
vocative	porno	pornaj	porny

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

• “porno” in Soblex