how to pronounce официант

/ɐfʲɪt͡sɨˈant/

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официант is pronounced in four syllables

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fʲ

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t͡s

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

“… идет официант несет как тарелочку на …”

meanings of официант

noun:

Waiter.

официант frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word официант occurs in russian on average 2.6 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.