wich is the longest word in english ?

Answer 1

This question comes with the added bonus of revealing flaws in the code that interfere with displaying the poster's intended answer! all those ellipses inserted! I thought it only did that when we used things-that-had-hyphens-and stuff such as that.

Thanks to this question, now I see it's a limit of consecutive characters...

Lots of people have already put this one, but it was what I was gonna say, regardless:

p n e u m o n o u l t r a m i c r o s c o p i c s i l i c o v o l c a n o c o n i o s i s

And I didn't have to look it up to know it or spell it! w007!11!

Answer 2

The longest word in English depends upon the definition of what constitutes an English word. English allows new words to be formed by construction; long words are coined; place names may be considered words; technical terms may be arbitrarily long. Length can be in terms of orthography and number of written letters or phonology and the number of phonemes.

Methionylthreonylthreonyl...isoleucine 189,819 letters Longest word published, Technical; not in a major dictionary; not published seriously

Acetylseryltyrosylseryliso...serine 1185 letters The longest word in an English language publication in a serious context, Technical; not in a major dictionary

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu, 85 letters , Longest officially recognized place name, Place name; not in a major dictionary

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis 45 letters Longest word in a major dictionary, Technical; coined to be the longest word

Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism, 30 letters, Longest non-coined word in a major dictionary, Technical

Floccinaucinihilipilification, 29 letters, Longest nontechnical word

Answer 3

The longest words in our dictionary are:

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - i don't think is a word

and

dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane the name for DDT

http://www.allwords.com/query.php?SearchType=0&Keyword=dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane&goquery=Find+it%21&Language=ENG

Answer 4

Have a look at this, ther is so much information regarding the longest word..........
http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutwords/longestword

Answer 5

the word is
PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICO...
(45 letters; a lung disease caused by breathing in certain particles) is the longest word in any English-language dictionary. (It is also spelled -koniosis.)

Thanks
James

Answer 6

acetylseryltyrosylserylisoleucylthreonylserylprolylserylglutaminyl-
phenylalanylvalylphenylalanylleucylserylserylvalyltryptophylalanyl-
aspartylprolylisoleucylglutamylleucylleucylasparaginylvalylcysteinyl-
threonylserylserylleucylglycylasparaginylglutaminylphenylalanyl-
glutaminylthreonylglutaminylglutaminylalanylarginylthreonylthreonyl-
glutaminylvalylglutaminylglutaminylphenylalanylserylglutaminylvalyl-
tryptophyllysylprolylphenylalanylprolylglutaminylserylthreonylvalyl-
arginylphenylalanylprolylglycylaspartylvalyltyrosyllysylvalyltyrosyl-
arginyltyrosylasparaginylalanylvalylleucylaspartylprolylleucylisoleucyl-
threonylalanylleucylleucylglycylthreonylphenylalanylaspartylthreonyl-
arginylasparaginylarginylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylvalylglutamyl-
asparaginylglutaminylglutaminylserylprolylthreonylthreonylalanylglutamyl-
threonylleucylaspartylalanylthreonylarginylarginylvalylaspartylaspartyl-
alanylthreonylvalylalanylisoleucylarginylserylalanylasparaginylisoleucyl-
asparaginylleucylvalylasparaginylglutamylleucylvalylarginylglycyl-
threonylglycylleucyltyrosylasparaginylglutaminylasparaginylthreonyl-
phenylalanylglutamylserylmethionylserylglycylleucylvalyltryptophyl-
threonylserylalanylprolylalanylserine


Chemical name for something!!!!

Otherwise antidisestablishmentariasm (hope I've spelt that right!)

Answer 7

the word " i ". shortest word but longest ego.

Answer 8

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

lung disease suffered mostly by miners

source - live in a ex mining community

all the best
ian

Answer 9

I recommend checking this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_word_in_English

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Sunil
http://www.careercurry.com

Answer 10

just kepp pronouncing and joining words and u will get it