how to pronounce свисток

/svʲɪˈstok/

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свисток is pronounced in two syllables

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vʲ

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

“… малюсенький оранжевый свисток самый …”

meanings of свисток

noun:

Whistle (device used to make a whistling sound, act of whistling).

свисток frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word свисток occurs in russian on average 1.1 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.