how to pronounce предыстория

/prʲɪdɨˈstorʲɪjə/

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предыстория is pronounced in five syllables

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rʲ

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

“… когда у тебя есть белая предыстория тоже …”

meanings of предыстория

noun:

History.
Events preceding, events leading up, prehistory.

предыстория frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word предыстория occurs in russian on average 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.