I've just sat and read the word/said it to myself multiple times with one and two g's and now I genuinely don't know how I used to pronounce it before this post. Answer from Visionary_87 on reddit.com
longevity
/lŏn-jĕv′ĭ-tē, lôn-/
noun
- Long life; great duration of life. His longevity vexed his heirs.
- Length or duration of life or viability. comparing the longevity of men and women; factors that affect the longevity of seeds.
- Long duration or continuance, as in an occupation. had unusual longevity in the company; her longevity as a star.
Linguistic Discovery
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Why is the ⟨g⟩ in “longevity” pronounced twice?
March 13, 2026 - If so, that’s probably because you don’t pronounce the ⟨g⟩ in longevity twice. You see, there are two common pronunciations of longevity: one where the first syllable sounds like lawn, and one where that syllable sounds like long.
Cambridge Dictionary
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How to pronounce LONGEVITY in English
2 weeks ago - How to pronounce LONGEVITY. How to say LONGEVITY. Listen to the audio pronunciation in the Cambridge English Dictionary. Learn more.
Reddit
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r/CasualUK on Reddit: How many Gs do you pronounce in longevity?
May 24, 2024 -
It's been suggested that we all do it twice: long-jevity, but I bet some of us don't
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Merriam-Webster
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LONGEVITY Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
1 week ago - a long duration of individual life; length of life; long continuance : permanence, durability… See the full definition
Oxford English Dictionary
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new or updated pronunciations (transcriptions and audio files); new or revised etymological information and improved coverage of variant spellings; new senses or phrases added in print and online updates since OED2 (1989). Revisions and additions of this kind were last incorporated into longevity, n.
Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
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longevity noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes | Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary at OxfordLearnersDictionaries.com
Definition of longevity noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
YouTube
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Alex's phonetic thoughts: Lon[g]evity?
September 2, 2010 - (For more on idiosyncratic pronunciations you can also read this post by Jack Windsor Lewis.) ... It's morphological regularization, keeping the shape lɒŋ(ɡ) for long(-). In the other direction, compare analogous as əˈnælədʒəs, under the influence of analogy.ReplyDelete ... For me, longitude is /ˈlɒŋ.də.ʧuːd/ (with /d/ instead of /g/) and longevity is /lɒŋ.ˈʤɛv.ə.ti/.ReplyDelete
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April 13, 2026 - Pronunciación del G en Longevity. Descubre por qué la G se pronuncia dos veces en 'longevity'. Entiende la pronunciación correcta y mejora tu hablar. #pronunciación #longevity.
Cambridge Dictionary
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LONGEVITY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
2 weeks ago - LONGEVITY meaning: 1. living for a long time: 2. remaining popular or useful for a long time: 3. living for a long…. Learn more.
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January 24, 2026 - In popular culture, you might have seen a stereotypical fortune teller talk in ominous tones about a “short life line.” Please keep in mind that this is a myth. Length does not determine longevity.
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How to pronounce longevity in English - Definition of longevity in English
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Hull AWE
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Longevity (pronunciation) - Hull AWE
Where the common adjective ends in the '-ng' sound (IPA: /ŋ/, longevity's first syllable ends in '-n-', followed by the '-dg-' sound of 'judge', IPA: /dʒ/. The vowels are short, making the whole 'lon-JEVV-it-y', IPA: /lɒn ˈdʒɛv ɪ(or ə)t ɪ/.
Collins Dictionary
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LONGEVITY definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary
Definitions Summary Synonyms Sentences Pronunciation Collocations Conjugations Grammar · Credits × · COBUILD frequency band · (lɒndʒɛvɪti ) uncountable noun · Longevity is long life.
Published January 16, 2018
Wiktionary
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longevity - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Early 17th century, learned borrowing from Latin longaevitās, from longaevus (“ancient, aged”) + -itās. The first part is related to English long and this association led to the alternative pronunciation with /ŋ/.