"πόρνη" meaning in Greek

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpoɾ.ni/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πόρνη (pórnē). Etymology templates: {{inh|el|grc|πόρνη}} Ancient Greek πόρνη (pórnē) Head templates: {{head|el|nouns|||||||||||||||||||||||||||cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr2=|ts=}} πόρνη • (pórni) f, {{el-noun|f}} πόρνη • (pórni) f Inflection templates: {{el-decl-noun|πόρνη|πόρνες|πόρνης|πορνών|πόρνη|πόρνες|πόρνη|πόρνες|note=}} Forms: pórni [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], πόρνη [nominative, singular], πόρνες [nominative, plural], πόρνης [genitive, singular], πορνών [genitive, plural], πόρνη [accusative, singular], πόρνες [accusative, plural], πόρνη [singular, vocative], πόρνες [plural, vocative]
  1. harlot; prostitute; whore
    Sense id: en-πόρνη-el-noun-ngoV1Q9H Categories (other): Greek entries with incorrect language header, Greek nouns declining like 'κόρη', Prostitution Disambiguation of Greek entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of Greek nouns declining like 'κόρη': 62 38 Disambiguation of Prostitution: 91 9
  2. a term of abuse
    Sense id: en-πόρνη-el-noun-wIR3jLL~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: πουτάνα (poutána) [colloquial, feminine], ελαφρών ηθών (elafrón ithón) [Katharevousa], εταίρα (etaíra) [feminine], ιερόδουλη (ieródouli), καλντεριμιτζού (kalnterimitzoú) [feminine], παρδαλή (pardalí) [feminine], παστρικιά (pastrikiá) [feminine], τροτέζα (trotéza) [feminine]
Related terms: πορνεία (porneía) (english: prostitution) [feminine], πορνείο (porneío) (english: brothel), πορνεύω (pornévo) (english: to fornicate), πορνίδιο (pornídio), πορνικός (pornikós), πορνό (pornó) (english: porn) [neuter], πορνοβοσκός (pornovoskós) (english: pimp) [masculine], πορνόγερος (pornógeros) (english: dirty old man) [masculine], πορνογράφημα (pornográfima), πορνογραφία (pornografía) (english: pornography), πορνογραφικά (pornografiká) (english: pornographically), πορνογραφικός (pornografikós) (english: pornographic), πορνογράφος (pornográfos) (english: pornographer), πορνογραφώ (pornografó) (english: to make pornography), πορνοπεριοδικό (pornoperiodikó) (english: porn magazine) [neuter], πόρνος (pórnos) (english: lecherous man, fornicator) [masculine], πορνοστάρ (pornostár) (english: porn star) [neuter], πορνοταινία (pornotainía) (english: porn film) [feminine], παλλακίδα (pallakída) (english: concubine, mistress)
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Greek dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-05-29 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-20 using wiktextract (e937b02 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.