how to pronounce довольство

/dɐˈvolʲstvə/

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довольство is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… летучий мыш довольство вот они все такие …”

meanings of довольство

noun:

Contentment, satisfaction.
Prosperity, comfortable circumstances.

довольство frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word довольство occurs in russian on average 2.2 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.