Самое длинное слово
Samoye dlinnoye slovo
The English phrase "the longest word" is translated into Russian as Самое длинное слово (Samoye dlinnoye slovo).
Самое длинное слово is used to refer to a word that has more letters than any other word in a given language or text.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of самое (most), длинное (long) and слово (word).
How does it change in a sentence?
In this phrase, the adjective длинное must be in the neuter gender to agree with the neuter noun слово.
How do you pronounce it?
Samoye dlinnoye slovo
Did you know?
- In Russian, 'long' can refer to physical length or duration, but using длинное for a word specifically implies the number of letters. A word that takes a long time to say might be described as долгий, rather than длинный.
- The term слово can also mean 'the essence' or 'the truth' in certain philosophical or religious Russian contexts, similar to the 'Logos' in Greek.
- While English speakers use 'long' for words, a Russian might colloquially describe a very long word as длиннющий, adding a suffix to intensify the sense of length to an extreme degree.
Examples in context
- Какое самое длинное слово в мире?What's the longest word in the world?Tatoeba #9065686 by marafon, translation #9062329 by Iden
- Какое самое длинное слово во французском языке?What's the longest word in French?Tatoeba #13901669 by marafon, translation #2949078 by CK
- Самое длинное слово, содержащее только гласные, – euouae.The longest word using only vowels is "euouae".Tatoeba #13483017 by Ooneykcall, translation #13482740 by PickleMan_5000
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Example conversation
Maria and Andrey are looking at a book together.
- Мария MariaАндрей, посмотри на это самое длинное слово.Andrey, posmotri na eto samoye dlinnoye slovo.Andrey, look at this longest word.
- Андрей AndreyДействительно, оно очень сложное.Deystvitel'no, ono ochen' slozhnoe.Indeed, it is very difficult.
- Мария MariaТы сможешь его произнести?Ty smozhesh' yego proiznesti'?Can you pronounce it?
- Андрей AndreyЯ попробую, Мария.Ya poprobuyu, Mariya.I will try, Maria.
Sources
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
