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Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the longest word in the English language.The word can be analysed as follows: Pneumono: from ancient Greek (πνεύμων, pneúmōn) which means lungs
Schmaltzed and strengthed (10 letters) appear to be the longest monosyllabic words recorded in The Oxford English Dictionary, while scraunched and scroonched appear to be the longest monosyllabic words recorded in Webster's Third New International Dictionary; but squirrelled (11 letters) is the longest if pronounced as one syllable only (as ...
The longest word in any given language depends on the word formation rules of each specific language, and on the types of words allowed for consideration.. Agglutinative languages allow for the creation of long words via compounding.
It's a minor point, but since it's explaining how to pronounce the long word, it might as well be correct. I have no complaints about the rest of his pronunciation, just the ending.-- Kevin 20:25, 16 November 2007 (UTC) Bobafroggy 23:39, 13 November 2024 (UTC)
There is varied recognition of antidisestablishmentarianism among major English dictionaries. Merriam Webster does not recognize the word because it is practically unused in the modern era, although they do include disestablishmentarianism and antiestablishmentarianism.
Other sources include words as long or longer. Some candidates are questionable on grounds of spelling, pronunciation, or status as obsolete, nonstandard, proper noun, loanword, or nonce word. Thus, the definition of longest English word with one syllable is somewhat subjective, and there is no single unambiguously correct answer.
Pneumoconiosis is the general term for a class of interstitial lung disease where inhalation of dust (for example, ash dust, lead particles, pollen grains etc) has caused interstitial fibrosis.
Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (PPHP) is an inherited disorder, [1] named for its similarity to pseudohypoparathyroidism in presentation. It is more properly Albright hereditary osteodystrophy, although without resistance of parathyroid hormone (PTH), as frequently seen in that affliction.