how to pronounce конь

/konʲ/

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the above transcription of конь 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.

конь is pronounced in one syllable

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1.

nʲ

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

“… же появляется конь и тут он ошибается и …”

meanings of конь

noun:

Horse.
Knight (Russian abbreviation: К).
Horse; male horse.
Steed.

конь frequency in russian - C2 level of CEFR

the word конь occurs in russian on average 7.5 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.