how to pronounce континент

/kənʲtʲɪˈnʲent/

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the above transcription of континент 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.

континент is pronounced in three syllables

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1.

nʲ

2.

tʲ

3.

nʲ

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

“… окружает единый континент и почему …”

meanings of континент

noun:

Continent, mainland (large expanse of land).

континент frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word континент occurs in russian on average 2.7 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.