how to pronounce пьяница

/ˈpʲjænʲɪt͡sə/

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the above transcription of пьяница is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

пьяница is pronounced in three syllables

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1.

pʲ

2.

nʲ

3.

t͡s

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

“… алкоголик я жизнерадостно пьяница вот …”

meanings of пьяница

noun:

Drunkard, drunk.

пьяница frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word пьяница occurs in russian on average 0.7 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.