how to pronounce сквозняк

/skvɐzʲˈnʲak/

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сквозняк is pronounced in two syllables

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zʲ

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nʲ

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

“… сквозняков что такое сквозняк почему он …”

meanings of сквозняк

noun:

Draught (a current of air).

сквозняк frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word сквозняк 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.