What is the longest word in the English language?

Answer 1

Supercalifragelisticespealadocious or antidisestablishmentarianism

Answer 2

Traditionally, most people believe that it's Anti­dis­establishment­arianism, but the longest word in the English dictionary is dictionary is pneumono­ultra­micro­scopic­silico­volcano­coniosis, a word referring to a kind of lung disease. However, it's been discovered that the word, in the first place, was intended as a hoax.

But then, there are also names of places, which are not listed in the dictionary, and the longest place name in the world spelled in English is Krungthepmahanakornamornratanakosinmahintarayutthayamahadilokphopnopparatrajathaniburiromudomrajaniwesmahasatharnamornphimarnavatarnsathitsakkattiyavisanukamprasit (Although this is more commonly known as Bangkok)

But, then again, as this actually isn't an English word, the longest place name that's actually form an English speaking country is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu, which is a hill in New Zeland.

(For some reason, Yahoo has decided to cut off the ends of the words...)

Answer 3

The longest word in any major English language dictionary is :

''pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis'' a 45 letters
word supposed to refer to a lung disease,but research has dis-
covered that is word was originally intended as a hoax.

Chemical terms

Two chemical terms 3,641 and 1913 letters long have appeared
in the Guinness Book of Word Records. they were withdrawn
because they have never been used by chemists and there is no
theoritical limit to the lenght of possible legitimate chemical terms. A DNA molecule could have a name of over
1,000,000,000 letters if it was written out in full.

Internet site: http://fun-with-words.com/word_longest.html

Answer 4

There are seemingly endless debates over which is the longest word in English, demonstrating that the idea of what constitutes a word is not as straightforward as it seems. English allows new words to be formed by construction; long words are frequently coined; place names may be considered words; technical terms may be very long. It is difficult to know where to draw the line. Note also that length is defined in terms of orthography and number of written letters, not phonology and the number of phonemes.

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 approximation of its originally intended meaning, lending at least some degree of validity to its claim.

The Oxford English Dictionary contains pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (30 letters).

The longest non-technical word is flocci­nauci­nihili­pili­fication at 29 letters. Consisting of a series of Latin words meaning "nothing" and defined as "the act of estimating something as worthless," its usage has been recorded as far back as 1741.In recent times its usage has been recorded in the proceedings of the United States Senate by Senator Robert Byrd, and at the White House by Bill Clinton's press secretary Mike McCurry, albeit sarcastically.

Anti­dis­establishment­arianism (a nineteenth century movement in England opposed to the separation of church and state) at 28 letters is still in colloquial currency for being one of the longest words in the English language.

The longest word which appears in William Shakespeare's works is the 27-letter honorific­abilitud­initatibus, appearing in Love's Labour's Lost. This is arguably an English word (rather than Latin), but only because it was Shakespeare who used it.

The humuhumu-nukunuku-a-pua‘a, or reef triggerfish, is Hawaii's official state fish. At 22 letters (including the okina) it is one of the best known very long one-word names for an animal. It is occasionally quipped that the name is longer than the fish.

Answer 5

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 approximation of its originally intended meaning, lending at least some degree of validity to its claim.

The Oxford English Dictionary contains pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (30 letters).

The longest non-technical word is flocci­nauci­nihili­pili­fication at 29 letters. Consisting of a series of Latin words meaning "nothing" and defined as "the act of estimating something as worthless," its usage has been recorded as far back as 1741. In recent times its usage has been recorded in the proceedings of the United States Senate by Senator Robert Byrd , and at the White House by Bill Clinton's press secretary Mike McCurry, albeit sarcastically.

Anti­dis­establishment­arianism (a nineteenth century movement in England opposed to the separation of church and state) at 28 letters is still in colloquial currency for being one of the longest words in the English language.

The longest word which appears in William Shakespeare's works is the 27-letter honorific­abilitud­initatibus, appearing in Love's Labour's Lost. This is arguably an English word (rather than Latin), but only because it was Shakespeare who used it.

The humuhumu-nukunuku-a-pua‘a, or reef triggerfish, is Hawaii's official state fish. At 22 letters (including the okina) it is one of the best known very long one-word names for an animal. It is occasionally quipped that the name is longer than the fish.

Although only fourteen letters long, sesquipedalian deserves a mention. It is derived from a nonce word used by the Roman author Horace, in his work Ars Poetica (The Art of Poetry). The quote is as follows: "Proicit ampullas et sesquipedalia verba," which means, "He throws aside his paint pots and his words that are a foot and a half long." The Oxford English Dictionary lists sesquipedalianism ("the practice of using words one and a half feet long"), and further derivations can be created as described in the Constructions section below.farewell to the old me

Answer 6

There is much debate, but here is the longest word at 45 letters, it is in reference to lung disease.

pneumono­ultra­micro­scopic­silico­volcano­coniosis OR

Aequeosalinocalcalinoceraceoaluminosocupreovitriolic
Which describes the spa waters in Bath, England

Check out this web page for some more lengthy words.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_word_in_English#_note-0


damn looks like yahoo answers cuts off those words, they are so long!

Answer 7

I think brandi has it w/ those 2, but as a bit of trivia
the longest word that can be typed using only the left hand using standard keyboarding techniques it is .... stewardesses

Answer 8

I think the longest non medical word is antidisestablishmentarianism
this was the name given to people who opposed Henry VIII when he wanted to break away from the Catholic Church.

There are longer medical words but they are latin so i am not sure how much that counts even when they are used in english?

Answer 9

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis- referring to lung cancer. It was later found to actually be a joke. Funny

Answer 10

smiles.... there's a mile from the first letter to the last.