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The longest word in Italian

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

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

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

- precipitevole: "hasty"
- precipitevolissimo: "very hasty"
- precipitevolissimevole: "[of someone/something] that acts very hastily",
- 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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