how to pronounce бессонница

/bʲɪˈsːonʲɪt͡sə/

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the above transcription of бессонница is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

бессонница is pronounced in four syllables

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1.

bʲ

2.

sː

3.

nʲ

4.

t͡s

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An example use of бессонница in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… проблемы со сном у меня бессонница я не …”

meanings of бессонница

noun:

Insomnia, sleeplessness.

бессонница frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word бессонница occurs in russian on average 2.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.