how to pronounce криминал

/krʲɪmʲɪˈnaɫ/

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криминал is pronounced in three syllables

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rʲ

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mʲ

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

“… какие-то там эти криминал криминал …”

meanings of криминал

noun:

Crime, criminal case.

криминал frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word криминал occurs in russian on average 1.9 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.