how to pronounce свист

/svʲist/

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the above transcription of свист 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.

свист is pronounced in one syllable

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vʲ

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

“… как-то она вот мимо про свист его id и …”

meanings of свист

noun:

Whistle (act of whistling).

свист frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word свист occurs in russian on average 2.3 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.