how to pronounce имбирь

/ɪmʲˈbʲirʲ/

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the above transcription of имбирь 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.

имбирь is pronounced in two syllables

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1.

mʲ

2.

bʲ

rʲ

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

“… гранью были до создавали имбирь и …”

meanings of имбирь

noun:

Ginger.

имбирь frequency in russian - C2 level of CEFR

the word имбирь occurs in russian on average 8 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.