how to pronounce империя

/ɪmʲˈpʲerʲɪjə/

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the above transcription of империя 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.

империя is pronounced in four syllables

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1.

mʲ

2.

pʲ

3.

rʲ

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

“… бизнеса тоже целая империя просто но …”

meanings of империя

noun:

Empire.

империя frequency in russian - C2 level of CEFR

the word империя occurs in russian on average 7 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.