First right answer get five stars from me. what is the meaning and pronouncation of this word.?

Question

I learned this one in 1996.
neumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis.
Clue oil &diamond mines.

in case the rest of word dosn't show
...volcanokoniosis.

this isn't a trick it really is a word.
I learned it in 8th grade.

DESIGUY05..... your right!
This word was introduce to me when we were readin a true story about oil and mine diggers.,
Congrats!

funi&cute... you were the first to sound it out correctly!
congrats to you as well!

Answer 1

I'd guess it's the condition of having teeny-tiny little bits of sand in your lungs making you quite ill, possibly a cause of death in miners. (But we don't really *mine* oil, now, do we? ~g~)

If I am at all correct, it would be spelled pneumo . . ., not neumo . . .

Answer 2

This is taken from Wordsmith's A Word A Day. It was e-mailed to everyone last week.

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This week's theme: loooong words.

pneumonoultramicroscopicsili-
covolcanoconiosis, noun

(NOO-muh-noh-UL-truh-MY-kruh-
SKOP-ik-SIL-i-koh-VOL-kay-no-
koh-NEE-o-sis


A lung disease caused by inhaling fine particles of silica.

[From New Latin, from Greek pneumono- (lung) + Latin ultra- (beyond,
extremely) + Greek micro- (small) + -scopic (looking) + Latin silico
(like sand) + volcano + Greek konis (dust) + -osis (condition).]

Even though we have included the pronunciation of this word, we advise
caution lest you may have to avail the services of an
otorhinolaryngologist
(a throat, nose, and ear specialist).

At 45 letters, it's the longest word in any English language dictionary.
It's a trophy word -- its only job is to serve as the longest word. In
day-to-day use, its nine-letter synonyms "silicosis" or "black lung"
work
just as well, and the latter is more descriptive. Whatever you call it,
it is deadly. Here's the story of an incident:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawk's_Nest_incident

And what's the shortest word in the English language? There are a number
of
them: A, I, O, but we'll have to give it to I which is the skinniest as
well.

-Anu Garg (gargATwordsmith.org)

"This time the messages were longer and nastier. 'What on earth is the
matter with you? Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis?'"
Marion Thomas; Mystery Writer; Curriculum Corporation; 1998.

Answer 3

The longest word in any major English language dictionary is Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, a 45-letter word supposed to refer to a lung disease, but research has discovered that this word was originally intended as a hoax. It has since been used in a close approxmation of its originally intended context, lending at least some degree of validity to its claim.

Answer 4

Actually is spelled with a P. Longest "vocabulary entry" in the English language dictionary. Actually a ficticious word relating to a special form of silicosis caused by ultra-microscopic particles of siliceous volcanic dust.

Answer 5

Pronunciation: 'n(y)ü-m&-(")nO-"
&l-tr&-"mI-kr&-'skäp-ik-'sil-i...
(")kO-väl-'kA-nO-"kO-nE-'O-
s&s

(IT CUTS IT OFF THATS WHY I HAD TO MAKE THE PRONUNCIATION LIKE THAT)

Meaning: a pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of very fine silicate or quartz dust; supposedly the longest word in a dictionary, an artificial word said to mean a lung disease caused by the inhalation of silica dust

Source(s):

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English, Preview Edition (v 0.9.6)

Answer 6

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
Main Entry: pneu·mo·no·ul·tra·mi·cro·scop·ic·sil·i·co·vol·ca·no·co·ni·o·sis
Pronunciation: 'n(y)ü-m&-(")nO-"&l-tr&-"mI-kr&-'skäp-ik-'sil-i-(")kO-väl-'kA-nO-"kO-nE-'O-s&s
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural pneu·mo·no·ul·tra·mi·cro·scop·ic·sil·i·co·vol·ca·no·co·ni·o·ses /-"sEz/
: a pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of very fine silicate or quartz dust


Source: Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.

Main Entry: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: supposedly the longest word in a dictionary, an artificial word said to mean a lung disease caused by the inhalation of silica dust

Answer 7

Do you mean"Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovocanoconiosis".
The longest word in any major English language dictionary is "Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis", a 45-letter word supposed to refer to a lung disease, but research has discovered that this word was originally intended as a hoax. It has since been used in a close approxmation of its originally intended context, lending at least some degree of validity to its claim.
Pronounciation- Pneumono- ultra- microscopic- silico- volcano-coni- osis. (Greek. pneumon- lung; ul-tra-micro-skop'-ik - too small to be seen by means of the microscope, usually referring to the light microscope. si-li-co. Latin silex- flint. vol'cano (geology) Greek. osis- condition.

Answer 8

Pronunciation: 'n(y)ü-m&-(")nO-"
&l-tr&-"mI-kr&-'skäp-ik-'sil-i-
(")kO-väl-'kA-nO-"kO-nE-'O-
s&s

(IT CUTS IT OFF THATS WHY I HAD TO MAKE THE PRONUNCIATION LIKE THAT)

Meaning: a pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of very fine silicate or quartz dust; supposedly the longest word in a dictionary, an artificial word said to mean a lung disease caused by the inhalation of silica dust

Answer 9

the answer is its a rare lung disease found in Africa and the pronunciation is pneumono-ultra-microscopic-silico-volcano-conosis the P is silent as in pneumonia but all the rest is pronounced just as it looks. Its the longest word in the oxford dictionary.

Answer 10

It's also called Black Lung. It's a respiratory disease frequently found in coal miners from breathing too much carbon/coal polluted air.