how to pronounce муравей

/mʊrɐˈvʲej/

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муравей is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… он муравей шестнадцатом году ты стал …”

meanings of муравей

noun:

Ant.
A special motor scooter with three wheels and a rear cargo area made in the USSR between 1959 and 1995 in Tula, officially capitalised - Муравей, some models were given different names: Турист, Тулица, the first model's name was Ту́ла.

муравей frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word муравей occurs in russian on average 2.3 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.