how to pronounce дистанция

/dʲɪˈstant͡sɨjə/

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дистанция is pronounced in four syllables

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dʲ

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t͡s

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

“… соблюдать социальная дистанция то тогда …”

meanings of дистанция

noun:

Distance (amount of space between two points).

дистанция frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word дистанция occurs in russian on average 1.5 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.