Are you ready to read the longest word in the Italian language? Drum roll, please! The longest non-technical word in Italian is precipitevolissimevolmente, coming in at 26 letters and 13 syllables.It was created by Francesco Moneti (1635-1712), a friar, astronomist, and satirical writer from Cortona.
Italian Word of the Day: Oltremodo (extremely / exceedingly)
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The longest English word is also the longest word in the world, with almost 190,000 letters. It is the chemical name for titin, the largest protein known. The longest word in the English dictionary however, is the 45-letter word "pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis", which refers to a lung disease.
isoleucine is the chemical name for the protein of “titin” also known as “connectin.” The largest known protein that consists of 26, 926 amino acids is made up of 189, 819 letters and can take about three hours to pronounce.
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These words may not come in handy anytime soon unless you're planning to visit Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch or diagnose someone with a pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
The three shortest words in the English language are I, a, and o although the word o is only usually used in poetry and song lyrics as a contraction or other words.
Facts: How many words are in the Italian language? The Italian language is estimated to be made out of a total of 450,000 words with the largest Italian dictionary having over 270,000 words.
Double 'c' is pronounced as a 'k' except when followed by 'i' or 'e'. Also you must make the double consonant obvious by holding the sound for a second.
As we saw at the start of our hunt, the longest word according to a lot of sources is the technical name for the protein titin. It is the same across all languages and has nearly 200,000 letters. Here's a snippet of the first 4,000 characters!
Aequeosalinocalcalinoceraceoaluminosocupreovitriolic. This is the longest word in English which is composed of seven words. This 52-letter word was coined by Dr. Edward Strother to describe the spa waters in Bath, England.
Following that principle, 100,000,000,000,000,000,000 would be pronounced as "one hundred million million million". This would avoid any possible international confusion, even if it is a little long.
For example, the wheat chromosome 3B contains almost 1 billion base pairs, so the sequence of one of its strands, if written out in full like Adenilyladenilylguanilylcystidylthymidyl . . . , would be about 8 billion letters long.
At 34 letters long, “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” is not even the longest word in the Dictionary. That honor is bestowed upon a 45-letter medical term that we will not even dare try to pronounce (you can take a crack at it, though): “Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis”.
Some of the most popular Italian swear words are "vaffanculo" (f***), "cazzo" (d***), "coglioni" (testicles), "puttana" (b****). These words can be used to compose several swearing expressions, such as "non capisci un cazzo", "girare i coglioni", "porca puttana".
Bestemmiare ("swearing") is a misdemeanor in Italian law, but the law is seldom enforced. However, it is still considered a strong social taboo, at least on television.
Porca puttana – Pig whore
Literally meaning “pig whore,” this insult is used to express anger. It's a creative way to insult someone, but it's also quite strong. For example: “Che casino hai combinato, porca puttana?” (What mess have you made, pig whore?)