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It depends on the dictionary, and the criteria you apply to what kinds of words are considered to qualify. The spelling out of chemical names, for example, can result in words of truly eye-watering length (titin, a protein, runs to 189,819 letters!), but are rarely counted among "long words" in the English language.
This is a popular question, however, and consensus has established some definite front-runners in the Longest Word in the English Language (by letter count, which is a dispute in itself) category.
- pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, which is included in the Oxford English Dictionary, is 45 letters long. It's a technical term for a lung disease caused by breathing in ultramicroscopic volcanic particles.
- supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, a nonsense word famous from the Mary Poppins film, is 34 letters long. Many dictionaries include it, though it was "coined"-that is to say, made up.
- floccinaucinihilipilification, another coined term, is 29 letters long. It was devised from a mashed-together and purposefully redundant bunch of Latin stems and is usually defined roughly as "the act of regarding or describing something as worthless."
- antidisestablishmentarianism, at 28 letters, is often cited as the longest non-coined, non-technical word in the English language.
In one of his comedies, Aristophanes coined a word as the name of a fictitious foodstuff that was 171 letters long in Greek, and 183 letters long when transliterated into English. The longest word to appear in Shakespeare's works (honorificabilitudinitatibus) is 27 letters long.
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What is the latest longest word in english?
The longest word in a dictionary is 45 letters long. The longest word EVER is 189,819 letters long and is the chemical name for Titin, the largest known protein.
What is the longest English word according to the Oxford English Dictionary?
pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (30 letters).The longest word in the Oxford English Dictionary is the 45 letter word pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.According to the dictionary it is a lung disease causing inflammation of the lung from the inhalation of fine silica dust.
The longest word in the dictionary that begins with f?
The longest word in the dictionary that begins with the letter "f" is "floccinaucinihilipilification." This word is a noun and is defined as the action or habit of estimating something as worthless. It consists of 29 letters and is considered one of the longest non-technical words in the English language.
What is the longest word in English with only one vowel?
The longest word in English language is pneumonoultramicroscopic silicovolcanoconiosis.(I split the word because it won't show up properly when I write it without breaking it up) It is the name of a lung disease. It is known as pneumonia in short.
What is the longest word ending with tion in the English dictionary?
The longest word ending with "tion" in the English dictionary is "antidisestablishmentarianism." It's a mouthful, I know. But hey, at least now you can impress your friends with your knowledge of ridiculously long words.
Is antidisestablishmentarianism the longest word in the English language?
No, it is not. Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is.
What is the 5th longest word in the English dictionary?
Is, and/or In
What is the longest word in anglish?
The longest word in the English dictionary is Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. This is a lung disease.
The longest word in the English dictionary is methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanylalanylglutaminylleuc?
methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanylalanylglutaminylleuc, or a chemical name for the largest known protein, titin.
What is the latest longest word in english?
The longest word in a dictionary is 45 letters long. The longest word EVER is 189,819 letters long and is the chemical name for Titin, the largest known protein.
What is the longest English word according to the Oxford English Dictionary?
pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (30 letters).The longest word in the Oxford English Dictionary is the 45 letter word pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.According to the dictionary it is a lung disease causing inflammation of the lung from the inhalation of fine silica dust.
Is Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovulcano the longest word in the English Dictionary?
No, the spelling is Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
What is the longest non-medical related word in the English dictionary?
supercalifragalisticexpialidocious
In the oxford English dictionary which word has the longest discriptive entry?
set.
What’s the longest word in the dictionary?
In the English language try ' Antidisestablishmentarianism' ;,
Word with the longest definition in the English dictionary?
Inadvertadly
What is the longest word in the Australian dictionary?
English is spoken in Australia, and the largest word in any English dictionary is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. It has 45 letters and is the name of a lung disease.
