Longest word in Romanian explained

The longest word in the Romanian language is Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcaniconioză, the long name of Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: silicoză (silicosis). It consists of 44 letters and refers to a chronic respiratory disease.^[1] Its name in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis and it is the longest English word registered on a major English dictionary.^{[2] [3]} Nevertheless, neither this word nor several subsequent Romanian longest words are recognized by the Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române ("Explanatory Dictionary of the Romanian Language", DEX). Instead, the longest word collected by the DEX is Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: electroglotospectrografie, which is a medical stabilization method, has 25 letters and comes from the French word French: électroglottospectrographie.^{[4] [5]}

The list of the longest Romanian words is the following:^[6]

• Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcaniconioză − 44 letters, the silicosis disease, not admitted by the DEX.
• Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Difosfopiridinnucleotidpirofosfatază − 36 letters, an enzyme, not admitted by the DEX.
• Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Encefalomielopoliradiculonevrită − 32 letters, a type of neuritis, not admitted by the DEX.
• Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Gastropiloroduodenojejunostomie − 31 letters, a kind of surgical operation, not admitted by the DEX.
• Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Diclordifeniltriclormetilmetan − 30 letters, a chemical substance, not admitted by the DEX.
• Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Electroglotospectrografie − 25 letters, a medical stabilization method, admitted by the DEX.

The following longest Romanian words are mostly made up of words with 23 or 21 letters.

There are also other Romanian words that break other records within the language. The longest word that can be formed with only two vowels is Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: uiuiu (an interjection) and the longest one that uses all vowels including the ones with diacritics is Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: autoînsămânțările. Both are registered in the DEX.^{[7] [8]}

See also

• Longest words
• Longest word in English
• Longest word in French
• Longest word in Spanish
• Longest word in Turkish

Notes and References

1. News: Câte litere are cel mai lung cuvânt din limba română și care este singurul termen ce conține toate vocalele. Paul. Bălhuc. Adevărul. 15 January 2017. ro.
2. Web site: Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. Oxford University Press. Lexico. 10 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20200322184047/https://www.lexico.com/definition/pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. 22 March 2020. dead.
3. Web site: What is the longest English word?. Oxford University Press. Lexico. 10 February 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20200111220650/https://www.lexico.com/explore/what-is-the-longest-english-word. 11 January 2020. dead.
4. Electroglotospectrografie. Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române. 10 February 2021. ro.
5. Web site: Curiozități lingvistice: cele mai lungi cuvinte din limba română. Dicție.ro. 10 February 2021. ro.
6. News: Curiozități: Cele mai lungi cuvinte din limba română. Unul are 44 de litere. TV8. 31 August 2017. ro.
7. Uiuiu. Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române. 10 February 2021. ro.
8. Autoînsămânțările. Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române. 10 February 2021. ro.