how to pronounce свекровь

/svʲɪˈkrofʲ/

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свекровь is pronounced in two syllables

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vʲ

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fʲ

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

“… у нее свекровь какая у нее там …”

meanings of свекровь

noun:

A woman's mother-in-law (husband's mother only).

свекровь frequency in russian - C2 level of CEFR

the word свекровь occurs in russian on average 9.4 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.