What are the 10 most difficult words in English?
What are the 10 most difficult words in English?
As a follow up to our article on confusing words, here are ten of the most difficult words in English.
- Literally. If you know a language purist, watch out.
- Ironic.
- Irregardless (instead of regardless)
- Whom.
- Colonel.
- Nonplussed.
- Disinterested.
- Enormity.
What is the most difficult word to translate?
Ilunga
Interestingly, the hardest word in the world to translate is Ilunga. This word belongs to the Luba-Kasai or Tshiluba language, which is spoken by more than 6 million speakers in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Is English difficult to translate?
To non-English speakers, English is notoriously tricky. There are unusual aspects of the language, which have no particular rules to follow; they just exist. Often, there appear to be untranslatable words. These and several other issues make translating from English one of the most difficult assignments.
Are there any untranslatable English words?
Untranslatable Words in The English Language
- Auto Tune. No, this doesn’t refer to something automatically tuning up a piece of machinery.
- Hyggelig And Koselig (Scandinavian)
- Radar.
- Googly.
- Treppenwitz (German)
- Tennis.
- Conclusion.
What is the oldest word in the world?
Mother, bark and spit are just three of 23 words that researchers believe date back 15,000 years, making them the oldest known words.
What words are hard to spell?
Robert Heckendorn’s List of Hard to Spell Words (correct only) aggrandize. Arctic. Australia. Buddha. Caribbean. Connecticut. Czechoslovakia.
What is the Hardest Word to pronounce in English?
The hardest word in the English language for foreigners to the pronounce is ‘Worcestershire’, according to a recent poll.
What are some really hard words?
Here the list of 10 Hard vocabulary words. 1) Grievous(adjective) English meaning- Something serious or awful. Hindi meaning- गंभीर, कष्टदायक, सोचनीय. Synonyms- Painful, Severe, Serious, Unbearable, Tough, Woeful. Antonyms- Joyful, Happy, Pleasent, Fortunate, Bearable.
What are some hard words to say?
A Word That Is Hard to Say. Some words are just hard to say: amidst, insists, isthmus, Worcestshire. There is one word that used to be very easy to say when we were toddlers, but can be hard to say when we are all grown up.
