how to pronounce сельдь

/sʲelʲtʲ/

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the above transcription of сельдь 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.

сельдь is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… холодна водные рыбы это сельдь это …”

meanings of сельдь

noun:

  1. Herring.

сельдь frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word сельдь occurs in russian on average 2 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.

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