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porn

/pɔːn/US/pɔɹn/

porn noun: pornography.

Noun

porn (usually uncountable, plural porns)

(informal, usually) Pornography.
- I just delete the porn before someone else uses the computer.
- Underground boards also carried handy programs for "scanning" telephone codes and raiding credit card companies, as well as the usual obnoxious galaxy of pirated software, cracked passwords, blue-box schematics, intrusion manuals, anarchy files, porn files, and so forth.1992, Bruce Sterling, The Hacker Crackdown […] , Bantam Books, →ISBN
Synonyms:

erotica, filth, smut
(countable, in plural, informal, usually) A pornographic work.
- There are anywhere from ten to twelve chapters in the average porn, so that many blank pages can be inserted.1982, Florence King, “When Sisterhood Was in Flower”, reprinted in The Florence King Reader, Macmillan (1996), page 181
- — I’ve got it at home. Anyway, there was this gap between the final two porns.2000, Dennis Cooper, Period, Grove Press, published 2001, →ISBN, page 33
Synonyms:

adult movie, blue movie, X-rated movie, skin flick
(informal, usually) Material, usually visual, presenting something desirable in a sensational manner.
- car porn
- gun porn
(humorous, informal, often, usually) Material that provides illicit gratification of an obsessive or unhealthy interest in something.

porn meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

porn in Hindi

pornography: रतिचित्रण raticitraṇ
pornographic work: अश्लील कृति ashlīl kṛti

porn in Tamil

ஆபாசப்படம், நீலப்படக்கலை

porn in Marathi

पोर्न, अश्लील

porn in Urdu

فحش, پورن

More languagesFewer languages

porn in Bengali: পর্ন pôrn
porn in Telugu: పోర్న్
porn in Malayalam: അശ്ലീലം aślīlaṁ
porn in Kannada: ಪೋರ್ನ್
porn in Punjabi: ਪੋਰਨ, ਪੌਰਨ
porn in Gujarati: પોર્ન porn
porn in Odia: ପର୍ଣ୍ଣ, ପର୍ଣ୍ଣ୍ଣ୍ଣ୍ଣ୍, ପର୍ଣ୍ଣ୍ଣ୍ଣ୍
porn in Sanskrit: अश्लीलता aślīlatā
porn in Nepali: पोर्न
porn in Indonesian: porno
porn in Thai: หนังโป๊

Examples of porn in a sentence

I remember once watching a porn with some friends of mine […]a. 2004, anonymous study participant, quoted in Todd G. Morrison, “‘He was Treating Me Like Trash, and I Was Loving It . . .’: Perspectives...
These can be so compelling that they have even been called “info porn” (see the periodic table of visualizations).2011, Michael K. Thomas, “The utility and efficacy of qualitative research software in grounded theory research”, in Vivian B. Martin...

Synonyms of porn

All synonyms of porn

Forms of porn

plural	porns
alternative form	pron
alternative form	pr0n
alternative form	p*rn

Origin of porn

Clipping of pornography. First attested in the mid-20th century.

Phrases with porn

9 more phrasesFewer phrases

Words that rhyme with porn

25 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about porn

What does porn mean?: Porn means pornography.
What is porn in Hindi?: Porn in Hindi is रतिचित्रण (raticitraṇ), अश्लील कृति (ashlīl kṛti). See Porn meaning in Hindi.
How do you use porn in a sentence?: I remember once watching a porn with some friends of mine […]
What part of speech is porn?: Porn is a noun.
How do you pronounce porn?: Porn is pronounced /pɔːn/ (UK).
What is the plural of porn?: The plural of porn is porns.

Words near porn in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: porn (page history and authors); porn (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); porn (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); porn (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); porn (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); അശ്ലീലം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); porn (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); porn (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); porn (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); porn (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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