longman pronunciation dictionary 3rd edition pdf

The word was deliberately coined to be the longest word in English, and has since been used in a close approximation of its originally intended meaning, lending at least some degree of validity to its claim. The longest word in any of the major English language dictionaries is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (45 letters), a word that refers to a lung disease contracted from the inhalation of very fine silica particles, specifically from a volcano medically, it is the same as silicosis. Longest word in Shakespeare's works longest word in the English language featuring alternating consonants and vowels

The state of being able to achieve honors Not all dictionaries accept it due to lack of usage. Longest non-contrived and nontechnical word The political position of opposing disestablishment Longest non-contrived word in a major dictionary Made popular in the Mary Poppins film and musical Unclear in source work, has been cited as a nonsense word PneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosisĬontrived coinage to make it the longest word technical, but only mentioned and never actually used in communication Longest word coined by a major author, the longest word ever to appear in literature Ĭontrived nonce word not in dictionary Ancient Greek transliteration Lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsano.pterygon Technical not in dictionary whether this should actually be considered a word is disputed Attempts to say the entire word have taken two to three and a half hours. Longest known word overall by magnitudes. The chemical composition of titin, the largest known protein Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylalanyl.isoleucine Alternate, but less common, approaches include phonology (the spoken language) and the number of phonemes (sounds). Most commonly, length is based on orthography (conventional spelling rules) and counting the number of written letters. The length of a word may also be understood in multiple ways. Additionally, comparisons are complicated because place names may be considered words, technical terms may be arbitrarily long, and the addition of suffixes and prefixes may extend the length of words to create grammatically correct but unused or novel words. Words may be derived naturally from the language's roots or formed by coinage and construction. The identity of the longest word in English depends on the definition of a word and of length. List of longest words in the English language

Longman pronunciation dictionary 3rd edition pdf