supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

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Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˌsuːpə(ɹ)ˌkalɨˌfɹad͡ʒɨˌlɪstɪkˌɛkspiːˌælɨˈdəʊ̯ʃəs/
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IPA: /ˌsupɚˌkæləˌfɹæd͡ʒəˌlɪstɪkˌɛkspiˌæləˈdoʊ̯ʃəs/, [ˌsupɚˌkʰælɪ̈ˌfɹæd͡ʒɪ̈ˌlɪstɪkˌɛkspiˌælɪ̈ˈdoʊ̯ʃəs]

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• Rhymes: -əʊʃəs

Etymology

Made famous by its use in a song of the same title in the movie Mary Poppins (1964), by songwriters Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman. Songwriters Gloria Parker and Barney Young brought a unsuccessful lawsuit against Walt Disney Studios, claiming the song infringed on their song "Supercalafajalistickespeealadojus", but failed because "variants of the word were known ... many years prior to 1949".

Adjective

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (not comparable)

1. Fantastic, very wonderful
   • 1964 August 27, Julie Andrews as Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins:

     It's supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

   • 2010 March 15, Rose Madeline Mula, The Beautiful People and Other Aggravations, Gretna: Pelican Publishing, ISBN 9781589806887, OL 24521586M, page 91:

     By comparison with the present transcribers, I'm sure my performance would be supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

   • 2011, Mary B. Allberry, I Ain't Done Yet, Victoria: FriesenPress, ISBN 9781770677036, OL 25422249M, page 91:

     This is a real biggie so pay attention—I still pinch myself occasionally to even believe I did this; it was supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

Translations

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

• Arabic: سوبركاليفراجيليستيسإكسبيادوشيوس (ar)
• Catalan: supercalifragilísticoespialidoso (ca)
• Dutch: superkwalikwantiviaextraquasiotisch (nl), Supercalifragilisticexpialidasties (nl), superformiweldigeindefantakolosachtig (nl)
• Finnish: superoptihupilystivekkuloistokainen, superylipoppelistikexirallinmoista
• French: supercalifragilisticexpidelilicieux (fr)
• German: superkalifragilistischexpiallegorisch (de)
• Hebrew: סופרקאליפרג'ליסטיקאקספיאלידואשס (he)
• Italian: supercalifragilistichespiralidoso (it)
• Japanese: スーパーカリフラジリスティックエクスピアリドーシャス (ja) (sūpākarifurajirisutikkuekusupiaridōshasu)

• Korean: 슈퍼칼리프라질리스틱익스피알리도셔스 (ko) (syupeokallipeulajilliseutig-igseupiallidosyeoseu)
• Norwegian: superoptikjempefantafenomenalistisk (no), superkallifragilistiskekspialidarisk (no)
• Polish: superkalifradalistodekspialitycznie (pl)
• Portuguese: supercalifragilisticoespialidoso (pt)
• Spanish: supercalifragilisticoexpialidoso (es)
• Swedish: superhärlifraggellistighäxlikhalledosen (sv), superopti-mopsiskt-topp-i-pang-fenomenaliskt (sv)