how to pronounce отец

/ɐˈtʲet͡s/

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отец is pronounced in two syllables

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t͡s

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

“… начал с того что отец у меня работал в …”

meanings of отец

noun:

Referring to a man who cares about sоmеbody or something like a father.
Father.
Root, basis, source.
Senior, superior, first of, chief, sensei.
Founder, initiator of something.
Familiar term of address for an elderly man.
Ancestor.

отец frequency in russian - A2 level of CEFR

the word отец occurs in russian on average 73 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.