how to pronounce нефть

/nʲeftʲ/

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нефть is pronounced in one syllable

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nʲ

tʲ

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

“… очень есть обвязки и это нефть да да да …”

meanings of нефть

noun:

Oil, petroleum, mineral oil.

нефть frequency in russian - C1 level of CEFR

the word нефть occurs in russian on average 18 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.