What's the longest (but a real) word you have ever seen or heard and what does it mean?

Answer 1

I'd have to say: Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungs
aufgabenübertragungsgesetz

63 letters!!

It's German and it means "beef labeling regulation & delegation of supervision law." This was a 1999 German Word of the Year, and it also won a special award as the longest German word for that year. It refers to a "law for regulating the labeling of beef" - all in one word, which is why it is so long.

Answer 2

Floccinaucinihilipilification: means "the act or habit of estimating or describing something as worthless, or making something to be worthless by deprecation".


longest word in a major dictrionary

Answer 3

Marriage= Life sentence

Answer 4

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

Answer 5

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu.


I think it's a name of a hill or something. I heard about it in history a few years back. (can you pronounce it)

Answer 6

Supercalafragilisticespialadosis...no idea what it means...from the movie, Mary Poppins.

Answer 7

antidisestablishmentarianism...I'm not sure if that's how it's spelled..but it's not as long if you break it down! Its like an opposition to an official church for a country.

Answer 8

ecclesiastical = means of the church or the clergy



Fun question, have a great night

Answer 9

the longest word in the world, is a chemical name of a protein and it has 189,819 letters in the world. Im serious. But the longest word in a general dictionary is:
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

Which is a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust found in volcanoes.

Also a Tobacco virus is sometimes argued the longest word. That is.
ACETYL­SERYL­TYROSYL­SERYL­ISO­LEUCYL­THREONYL­SERYL­PROLYL­SERYL
­GLUTAMINYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­VALYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­LEUCYL­SERYL­SERYL­
VALYL­TRYPTOPHYL­ALANYL­ASPARTYL­PROLYL­ISOLEUCYL­GLUTAMYL­LEUCYL
­LEUCYL­ASPARAGINYL­VALYL­CYSTEINYL­THREONYL­SERYL­SERYL­LEUCYL­G
LYCYL­ASPARAGINYL­GLUTAMINYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­GLUTAMINYL­THREONYL­GL
UTAMINYL­GLUTAMINYL­ALANYL­ARGINYL­THREONYL­THREONYL­GLUTAMINYL­V
ALYL­GLUTAMINYL­GLUTAMINYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­SERYL­GLUTAMINYL­VALYL­T
RYPTOPHYL­LYSYL­PROLYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­PROLYL­GLUTAMINYL­SERYL­THRE
ONYL­VALYL­ARGINYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­PROLYL­GLYCYL­ASPARTYL­VALYL­TYR
OSYL­LYSYL­VALYL­TYROSYL­ARGINYL­TYROSYL­ASPARAGINYL­ALANYL­VALYL
­LEUCYL­ASPARTYL­PROLYL­LEUCYL­ISOLEUCYL­THREONYL­ALANYL­LEUCYL­L
EUCYL­GLYCYL­THREONYL­PHENYL­ALANYL­ASPARTYL­THREONYL­ARGINYL­ASP
ARAGINYL­ARGINYL­ISOLEUCYL­ISOLEUCYL­GLUTAMYL­VALYL­GLUTAMYL­ASPA
RAGINYL­GLUTAMINYL­GLUTAMINYL­SERYL­PROLYL­THREONYL­THREONYL­ALAN
YL­GLUTAMYL­THREONYL­LEUCYL­ASPARTYL­ALANYL­THREONYL­ARGINYL­ARGI
NYL­VALYL­ASPARTYL­ASPARTYL­ALANYL­THREONYL­VALYL­ALANYL­ISOLEUCY
L­ARGINYL­SERYL­ALANYL­ASPARAGINYL­ISOLEUCYL­ASPARAGINYL­LEUCYL­V
ALYL­ASPARAGINYL­GLUTAMYL­LEUCYL­VALYL­ARGINYL­GLYCYL­THREONYL­GL
YCYL­LEUCYL­TYROSYL­ASPARAGINYL­GLUTAMINYL­ASPARAGINYL­THREONYL­P
HENYL­ALANYL­GLUTAMYL­SERYL­METHIONYL­SERYL­GLYCYL­LEUCYL­VALYL­T
RYPTOPHYL­THREONYL­SERYL­ALANYL­PROLYL­ALANYL­SERINE

Answer 10

photosynthesis - 14 letters
thats what i can think of off the top of my head.