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porn

 (pôrn) Slang
n.
1.
a. Pornography.
b. A pornographic film or video.
2. Lurid or sensational material. Often used in combination: disaster porn.
3. Printed material featuring enticing photography: "quirky or scholarly garden books that would be lost in the spring flood of garden porn" (Michael Pollan).
adj.
Pornographic.
porn′y adj.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

porn

(pɔːn)
n
1. Also called: porno pornography
2. censorious publications or broadcasts that demonstrate an unhealthy or voyeuristic interest in a particular subject: property porn; food porn.
adj
Also: porno pornographic: porn movie; porno mag.
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

porn

(pɔrn)

also por•no

(ˈpɔr noʊ)
Informal. n.
1. pornography.
adj.
2. pornographic.
[1960–65; by shortening]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.porn - creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desireporn - creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire
erotica, porno, pornography, smut
child pornography, kiddie porn, kiddy porn - the illegal use of children in pornographic pictures or films
creation, creative activity - the human act of creating
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Translations
إَبَاحِيَّة
porno
porno
porno
pornografija
pornó
ポルノ
포르노
porr
tranh ảnh khiêu dâm

porn

[pɔːn]
A. N → pornografía f, porno m
hard/soft porn → pornografía f dura/blanda
B. CPD [magazine, video, actor] → porno inv
porn merchant N → traficante mf en pornografía
porn shop N → tienda f de pornografía
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

porn

[ˈpɔːrn]
adj [site, film, mag] → porno; [star] → du porno
a porn film → un film porno
a porn mag → un magazine porno
n → porno m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

porn

(inf)
n → Pornografie f; soft porn → weicher Porno, Softporno m; hard porn → harter Porno; hardcore porn → Hardcorepornografie f; child porn → Kinderpornografie f
adj magazine, film, video → pornografisch; porn actor → Pornodarsteller m; porn shop → Pornoladen m (inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

porn

[pɔːn] porno [ˈpɔːnəʊ] (fam)
1. n → porno m inv
hard/soft porn → pornografia hard-core/soft-core
2. adj (film) → porno inv
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

porn

→ إَبَاحِيَّة porno porno Porno πορνό porno porno porno pornografija porno ポルノ 포르노 porno porno pornografia pornografia порнография porr ตัวย่อของหนังสือ ภาพ เรื่องเขียน หนังและศิลปะที่ลามก porno tranh ảnh khiêu dâm 色情品
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