how to pronounce бур

/bur/

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бур is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… потому что бур котовского перед …”

meanings of бур

noun:

Boer (white South African person of Dutch, or by extension other non-Anglo-Saxon, descent).
Bore, drill, auger.

бур frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word бур occurs in russian on average 0.8 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.