how to pronounce именины

/ɪmʲɪˈnʲinɨ/

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именины is pronounced in four syllables

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mʲ

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nʲ

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

“… устраивал о погоде на свои именины и …”

meanings of именины

noun:

Birthday.
Name day.

именины frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word именины occurs in russian on average 2.6 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.