how to pronounce детектив

/dɨtɨkˈtʲif/

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детектив is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… задашь как сказать как детектив как …”

meanings of детектив

noun:

Detective.
Detective story (book or film), whodunit.

детектив frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word детектив occurs in russian on average 4.2 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.