how to pronounce самовар

/səmɐˈvar/

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самовар is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… размером с большой самовар и прилетал на …”

meanings of самовар

noun:

Samovar (a large coal- or woodfired metal urn with a spigot for boiling water for tea).

самовар frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word самовар occurs in russian on average 2.1 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.