how to pronounce дуб

/dup/

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дуб is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… берете но и моя жену новым дуб дубом в …”

meanings of дуб

noun:

Boat made from oak boards or a single oak-tree trunk.
Tan, bark of an oak or other tree used to obtain tannic acid.
Stupid man, blockhead, numskull.
Oak (tree and wood).

дуб frequency in russian - C2 level of CEFR

the word дуб occurs in russian on average 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.