Language/Italian/Vocabulary/longest-word

The longest word in Italian

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What is the longest word in Italian? Here is the answer below:

ENGLISH
anticostituzionalissimamente (This word has 26 letters)
Translation : In a way that strongly violates the constitution

ITALIAN
anticostituzionalissimamente (Questa parola ha 26 lettere)
Traduzione: In un modo che viola fortemente la costituzione

BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE
anticostituzionalissimamente (Essa palavra tem 26 letras)
Tradução : Em uma maneira que viola fortemente a constituição

Explanation of each part of the word :

. The longest Italian word is a 26-letter-long :

01) Precipitevolissimevolmente (It means "in a way like someone acts very hastily")

01) It is formed by subsequent addition of postfixes to the original root:

1. precipitevole: "hasty"
2. precipitevolissimo: "very hasty"
3. precipitevolissimevole: "[of someone/something] that acts very hastily",
4. precipitevolissimevolmente: "in a way like someone/something that acts very hastily"

The word is never used in every-day language but it is an official part of Italian language.

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Others examples :

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01) Words can be created with a similar (and grammatically correct) mechanism starting from a longer root, winding up with a longer word.

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01) sovramagnificentissimamente. (cited by Dante Alighieri in De vulgari eloquentia), 27 letters, "in a way that is more than magnificent by far" (archaic);

02) incontrovertibilissimamente. 27 letters, "in a way that is very difficult to falsify";

03) particolareggiatissimamente. 27 letters, "in an extremely detailed way";

04) anticostituzionalissimamente. 28 letters, "in a way that strongly violates the constitution".

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