how to pronounce больная

/bɐlʲˈnajə/

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больная is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… тема трафика на самая больная для всех …”

meanings of больная

noun:

Female patient.

больная frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word больная occurs in russian on average 4.4 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.