adj
Meaning 1
Pornographic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, not-comparable
Examples
- That's a porno film.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
porno
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɔːnəʊ/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)nəʊ
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CMU ARPABET: P AO1 R N OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Pornography.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A pornographic film.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, informal
Examples
- They watched a few pornos.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A pornographic magazine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, informal
Examples
- He flipped through the porno.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pornography, porn, erotica, smut
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: creation, creative activity
Narrower terms: child pornography, kiddie porn, kiddy porn
History
Etymology
Clipping of pornographic or pornography. Attested from mid-20th century.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 色情 (sèqíng) — pornography
- Chinese Mandarin: 春宮 /春宫 (chūngōng) — pornography
- Danish: porno — pornography
- Dutch: porno — pornography
- Dutch: pornografie — pornography
- Finnish: porno — pornography
- Finnish: pornografia — pornography
- French: porno — pornography
- Galician: porno — pornography
- German: Porno — pornography
- German: Pornografie — pornography
- Greek: πορνό (pornó) — pornography
- Italian: porno — pornography
- Portuguese: porno — pornography
- Portuguese: pornô — pornography
- Russian: порногра́фия (pornográfija) — pornography
- Russian: порну́ха (pornúxa) — pornography
- Russian: порну́шка (pornúška) — pornography
- Russian: по́рно (pórno) — pornography
- Spanish: porno — pornography
- Spanish: nopor — pornography
- Swedish: porr — pornography
- Danish: pornofilm — pornographic film
- Portuguese: porno — pornographic film
- Portuguese: pornô — pornographic film
- Spanish: nopor — pornographic film