سوبركاليفرَاجيليستيكإكسبِيالِيدوشِس
subarkalifrajilistik'iksbiyalidushis
سوبركاليفرَاجيليستيكإكسبِيالِيدوشِس (subarkalifrajilistik'iksbiyalidushis) is the Arabic way to say supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
This term is used as an adjective to describe something as fantastic, marvellous or wonderful.
Meaning: fantastic, marvellous, wonderful ''(cognates)'' (adj)
How do you pronounce it?
subarkalifrajilistik'iksbiyalidushis
Did you know?
- In Arabic, the 'p' sound from 'super' does not exist in the native alphabet. To say the word, speakers must substitute the closest available sound, which is typically a 'b' sound, turning the beginning into سوبركاليفرَاجيليستيك…
- Because this is a loanword from English, it does not follow the natural morphological rules of Arabic. While most Arabic words are built from three-letter roots, this term is simply a phonetic transcription of the English sounds.
- Writing this word requires a long string of connected characters, but because it is a transcription of English, many of the letters are 'non-connecting' letters. This causes the word to look like a series of disconnected blocks rather than a flowing cursive line.
Example conversation
Ahmed and Sarah are discussing a wonderful vacation they just had.
- أحمد Ahmedكيف كانت رحلتك يا سارة؟Kayfa kanat rihlatuki ya Sarah?How was your trip, Sarah?
- سارة Saraكانت سوبركاليفرَاجيليستيكإكسبِيالِيدوشِس!Kanat supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!It was supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
- أحمد Ahmedهل استمتعتِ بكل لحظة هناك؟Hal istamta'ti bikulli lahza hunak?Did you enjoy every moment there?
- سارة Saraنعم، كل شيء كان رائعاً.Na'am, kullu shay' kana ra'i'an.Yes, everything was wonderful.
