porno

Shortening of pornographic (Australia, New Zealand) or pornography (North America). Attested from mid-20th century.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔːnəʊ/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)nəʊ

porno (not comparable)

1. Pornographic [from the 1950s]

   That's a porno film.

• porn

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're going to watch a porno.

   They watched a few pornos.

• porn
• pornographer
• pornographic
• pornographically
• pornography

• ponor

• IPA^(key): [ˈporno]
• Rhymes: -orno

porno n

1. (informal) porn, porno

• See also pornografie

• pornograf
• pornografický
• pornografie

• porno in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu

• IPA^(key): /pɔrno/, [ˈpʰɒːno]

porno c (singular definite pornoen, not used in plural form)

1. short form of pornografi (“pornography”) [from 1965]

Clipping of pornografie or a borrowing. First attested in the 1960s.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔr.noː/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: por‧no

porno f (uncountable)

1. porn
   • 1964 June 11, "Fanny Hill", Friese Koerier, vol. 19, no. 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 quote)

• kinderporno
• porno
• wraakporno

porno (used only predicatively, not comparable)

1. (Netherlands, slang) hot, attractive, sexy

porno

1. Short for pornografia.
2. (in compounds) pornographic, porn

   pornoteollisuus = porn(ographic) industry

• poron

Clipping of pornographique.

porno m (plural pornos)

1. (uncountable, informal) porno; porn

   L'industrie du porno. – The porn industry.

2. (countable, informal) a porn movie, a skin flick, a blue movie

• “porno” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

porno m or f (invariable)

1. (colloquial) pornographic

• m, f

porno m (uncountable)

1. (colloquial) pornography

Like foto, the shortened form of fotografia, this shortened form of pornografia is properly feminine, but sometimes used as a masculine noun.

• f

Clipping of pornografia.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔr.no/, [ˈpɔr̺n̺o]
• Rhymes: -ɔrno
• Stress: pòrno
• Hyphenation: por‧no

porno m or f (invariable)

1. pornographic

porno m (invariable)

1. porn, pornography (especially a pornographic film)

• prono

porno (singular and plural porno, comparative mer porno, superlative mest porno)

1. (military jargon) flawless

porno m (definite singular pornoen, uncountable)

1. pornography

English porno

• IPA^(key): [ˈpor.no]

porno m or f or n (invariable)

1. pornographic
2. (slang) awesome

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.

porno m or f (invariable)

1. (colloquial) pornographic

• pornográfico m, pornográfica f

porno m (uncountable)

1. (colloquial) pornography

Like foto, the shortened form of fotografía, this shortened form of pornografía is properly feminine, but sometimes used as a masculine noun.

• pornografía f

• IPA^(key): [ˈpoɾno]
• Hyphenation: por‧no

porno

1. porn
2. a pornographic film

• IPA^(key): [ˈpor.no]

porno (inv)

1. (when) compared to; as distinct from
   • 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.

2. unlike, contrary to
3. against
4. along with