how to pronounce жениться

/ʐɨˈnʲit͡sːə/

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жениться is pronounced in three syllables

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nʲ

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t͡sː

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

“… он жениться просто белого цвета он …”

meanings of жениться

verb:

To get married, to marry (as a couple) (imperfective only).
To get married, to marry, to take a wife (of men) (imperfective and perfective).

жениться frequency in russian - C2 level of CEFR

the word жениться occurs in russian on average 9.6 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.