how to pronounce дефицит

/dʲɪfʲɪˈt͡sɨt/

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the above transcription of дефицит 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.

дефицит is pronounced in three syllables

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1.

dʲ

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fʲ

3.

t͡s

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

“… упал люди поняли что дефицит валюты …”

meanings of дефицит

noun:

Deficiency, shortage.
Deficit.

дефицит frequency in russian - C1 level of CEFR

the word дефицит occurs in russian on average 10.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.