Language/Italian/Vocabulary/longest-word
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Explanation of each part of the word[edit | edit source]
The longest Italian word is a 26-letter-long :
- Precipitevolissimevolmente (It means "in a way like someone acts very hastily")
- It is formed by subsequent addition of postfixes to the original root:
- 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.
Others examples[edit | edit source]
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";
- particolareggiatissimamente. 27 letters, "in an extremely detailed way";
- anticostituzionalissimamente. 28 letters, "in a way that strongly violates the constitution".
Translations in different languages[edit | edit source]
ENGLISH[edit | edit source] |
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anticostituzionalissimamente (This word has 26 letters) |
Translation : In a way that strongly violates the constitution |
ITALIAN[edit | edit source] |
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anticostituzionalissimamente (Questa parola ha 26 lettere) |
Traduzione: In un modo che viola fortemente la costituzione |
BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE[edit | edit source] |
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anticostituzionalissimamente (Essa palavra tem 26 letras) |
TraduĆ§Ć£o : Em uma maneira que viola fortemente a constituiĆ§Ć£o |
Source[edit | edit source]
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