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How to pronounce pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

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How to pronounce the longest word in the dictionary. What’s the longest word in the dictionary? pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
What does it mean?
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
NOUN
mass noun
An invented long word said to mean a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine ash and sand dust.
‘Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicavolcanoconiosis is a form of the illness pneumoconiosis, caused by the inhalation of a fine silica dust found in most volcanoes.’
‘Thus, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is a disease of the lungs resulting from the inhalation of very fine silicate or quartz dust’
Origin
1930s a word invented (probably by Everett M. Smith, president of the National Puzzlers' League) in imitation of very long medical terms.
Pronunciation
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis/ˌnjuːmə(ʊ)nəʊˌʌltrəˌmʌɪkrə(ʊ)ˈskɒpɪkˌsɪlɪkəʊvɒlˌkeɪnəʊˌkəʊnɪˈəʊsɪs/
What does it mean?
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
NOUN
mass noun
An invented long word said to mean a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine ash and sand dust.
‘Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicavolcanoconiosis is a form of the illness pneumoconiosis, caused by the inhalation of a fine silica dust found in most volcanoes.’
‘Thus, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is a disease of the lungs resulting from the inhalation of very fine silicate or quartz dust’
Origin
1930s a word invented (probably by Everett M. Smith, president of the National Puzzlers' League) in imitation of very long medical terms.
Pronunciation
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis/ˌnjuːmə(ʊ)nəʊˌʌltrəˌmʌɪkrə(ʊ)ˈskɒpɪkˌsɪlɪkəʊvɒlˌkeɪnəʊˌkəʊnɪˈəʊsɪs/