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2006-12-29 08:42:07 · 7 answers · asked by Li 3 in Education & Reference Words & Wordplay

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In his play Ecclesiazousae ("The Assemblywomen"), the ancient Greek comedic playwright Aristophanes created: Lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrimhypotrimmatosilphio-paraomelitokatakechymenokichlepikossyphophattoperisteralektryonop-tekephalliokigklopeleiolagoiosiraiobaphetraganopterygon, a word of 183 letters that describes a dish by stringing together its ingredients.

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2006-12-29 08:48:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

It depends on which language you are talking about. In the English language most people would commonly refer to antidisestablishmentarianism. That is just one of the longest, but not the longest words. The longest word is…drum roll please…pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis with floccinaucinihilipilification in a close second. The first word is debatable since it was intended as a hoax.
German:
Donaudampfschiffahrtselektrizitaetenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft (80 Letters)
Swedish: (also known as the longest word in the world)
Nordöstersjökustartilleriflygspaningssimulatoranläggningsmaterielunderhållsuppföljingssystemdiskussionsinläggsförberedelsearbeten (130 letters

2006-12-29 18:57:39 · answer #2 · answered by Ann 2 · 0 0

The longest word in any major English language dictionary is pneumono­ultra­micro­scopic­silico­volcano­coniosis, a 45-letter word supposed to refer to a lung disease contracted from the inhalation of volcanic ash, 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.

2006-12-29 16:45:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2 0

In which language? ;-)
The longest words I have seen are in Finnish and German.

2006-12-29 16:50:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

You'll find some interesting words at this website:
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/arvindn/iitm/curious_words/

2006-12-29 17:30:42 · answer #5 · answered by Gregnir 6 · 0 0

(qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm )
it is the longest one ever
believe me

2006-12-29 16:49:54 · answer #6 · answered by beauty mirna 3 · 0 2

SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIUS

2006-12-29 16:58:30 · answer #7 · answered by farooha_97 2 · 0 0

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