how to pronounce матушка

/ˈmatʊʂkə/

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матушка is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… условная матушка тереза предпоследний …”

meanings of матушка

noun:

Mother, mum (parent).
Mother.

матушка frequency in russian - C2 level of CEFR

the word матушка occurs in russian on average 4.6 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.