how to pronounce свинья

/svʲɪˈnʲja/

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свинья is pronounced in two syllables

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vʲ

nʲ

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

“… это не настоящая свинья это multicam …”

meanings of свинья

noun:

Pig, hog, sow, swine (mammal of genus Sus).

свинья frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word свинья occurs in russian on average 3.8 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.