how to pronounce самурай

/səmʊˈraj/

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самурай is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… дышать лежать сидеть самурай не были …”

meanings of самурай

noun:

Samurai (feudal Japanese soldier).

самурай frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word самурай occurs in russian on average 0.8 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.