how to pronounce пахнуть

/ˈpaxnʊtʲ/

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пахнуть is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… как кокотка сиять пахнуть духами и …”

meanings of пахнуть

verb:

To smell, to reek (of).
To puff, to blow.
To smell (of), to savour.

пахнуть frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word пахнуть occurs in russian on average 2 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.