What's the longest word ever?

Question

I've heard of words like 'anti-disestablishmentarianism', 'floccinaucinihilipilification', 'hippopotomonstosesquipedalian' and 'pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis' but are there any others longer than these examples?

oh dear, some letters have been cut off....but you do get my point right?

Answer 1

Pneumono­ultra­micro­scopic­silico­volcano­coniosis

It's 45 letters long and it's supposed to refer to a lung disease contracted from the inhalation of volcanic ash.

Answer 2

Yes, there are many. Some that I couldn't even type in this box, but they mean nothing, since people are CONSTANTLY making NEW words to "break" whatever record a previous word has. Stick with pneumenoultramicroscopicsilicovolcaniconiosis because it's the longest word in ANY dictionary (I am assuming you plan on showing off your knowledge?), so just know that.

Answer 3

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This word has appeared in the American Chemical Society's Chemical Abstracts and is thus considered by some to be the longest real word.


(85 letters) TAUMATA­WHAKA­TANGI­HANGA­KOAUAU­O­TAMATEA­TURIPUKAKA­PIKI­MAUNGA­HORO­NUKU­POKAI­WHENUA­KITANA­TAHU
A hill in New Zealand. This Maori name was in general use, but is now generally abbreviated to Taumata. The name means: the summit of the hill, where Tamatea, who is known as the land eater, slid down, climbed up and swallowed mountains, played on his nose flute to his loved one.

45) PNEUMONO­ULTRA­MICRO­SCOPIC­SILICO­VOLCANO­CONIOSIS (also spelled PNEUMONO­ULTRA­MICRO­SCOPIC­SILICO­VOLCANO­KONIOSIS) = a lung disease caused by breathing in particles of siliceous volcanic dust.
This is the longest word in any English dictionary. However, it was coined by Everett Smith, the President of The National Puzzlers' League, in 1935 purely for the purpose of inventing a new "longest word". The Oxford English Dictionary described the word as factitious. Nevertheless it also appears in the Webster's, Random House, and Chambers dictionaries.

Answer 4

How about the German word "die Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitanskrawatennadelsammlung" (or something like that!) which means "the Danube Steamship Navigation Company's capitan's tie-pin collection"!

Answer 5

The longest word I know is Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän which is a German word meaning Danube steamship company captain.

Answer 6

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

Answer 7

PNEUMONO­ULTRA­MICRO­SCOPIC­SILICO­VOLCANO­CONIOSIS - its a lung disease
so many people had this so i found a name of a place
in of a place
Krungthepma hanakonbowornra tanakosinmah intarayudyayama hadiloponopar atanarajthaniburir omudomrajniw esmahasatarnamo rnpimarnavatar satitsakattiyavisan ukamphrasit
its the thai name for bangok

had to put spaces cause it wouldn´t let me typ it in lol

Answer 8

I was taught that it was antidisestablishmentarianism. Some people may say the word from the Mary Poppins song, but thats not a real word. Once you get into medical jargon, it might be a limitless amount.

Answer 9

Yep. theres a word that describes a chemical reaction that is over 8 pages long.

Answer 10

Pneumonoultra - microscopicsilico - volcanoconiosis is the longest word (had to split it up...yahoo wont let you type it as all one word!)

Its a lung disease which miners often get.