noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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.
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Pronunciation
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/pɔː(ɹ)ˈnɒɡɹəfə(ɹ)/
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1
noun
Meaning 1
One who is involved in the creation or dissemination of pornography.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
someone who presents shows or sells writing or pictures that are sexually explicit in violation of the community mores
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: porn merchant
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: showman, promoter, impresario
History
Etymology
From pornography + -er or porno- + -grapher.
Across languages
Translations
47 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
պոռնոգրաֆիա նկարող
(poṙnografia nkaroġ)
— person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Aromanian:
purnugraf
— person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Basque:
pornografo
— person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Bengali:
পর্নোগ্রাফার
(pornōgraphar)
— person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Bulgarian:
порнограф
(pornograf)
— person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Catalan:
pornògraf
— person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Catalan:
pornista
— person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Czech:
pornograf
— person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Danish:
pornograf
— person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Dutch:
pornograaf
— person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Finnish:
pornotuottaja
— person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Finnish:
pornonäyttelijä
— person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Finnish:
pornotyöläinen
— person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Finnish:
pornoammattilainen
— person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
French:
pornographe
— person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Galician:
pornógrafo
— person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Galician:
pornógrafa
— person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
German:
Pornograph (Pornograf m)
— person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
German:
Pornographin
— person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Greek:
πορνογράφος
(pornográfos)
— person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Hungarian:
pornográf író
— person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Hungarian:
trágár író
— person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Hungarian:
szeméremsértő író
— person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Icelandic:
klámritahöfundur
— person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Irish:
pornagrafaí
— person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Italian:
pornografo
— person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Italian:
pornografa
— person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Japanese:
官能小説家
(kannōshōsetsuka)
— person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Latvian:
pornogrāfs
— person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Lithuanian:
pornografas
— person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Macedonian:
порногра́ф
(pornográf)
— person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Norwegian:
pornograf
— person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Polish:
pornograf
— person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Portuguese:
pornógrafo
— person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Portuguese:
pornógrafa
— person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Romanian:
pornograf
— person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Romanian:
pornografă
— person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Russian:
изготови́тель порнографии
(izgotovítelʹ pornografii)
— person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Russian:
распространитель порнографии
(rasprostranitelʹ pornografii)
— person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Serbo-Croatian:
پۉرنۉغرآف
— person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Serbo-Croatian:
порно̀граф
— person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Serbo-Croatian:
pornògraf
— person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Slovene:
pornográf
— person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Spanish:
pornógrafo
— person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Spanish:
pornógrafa
— person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Swedish:
pornograf
— person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Swedish:
porrförläggare
— person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
