how to pronounce смерть

/smʲertʲ/

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смерть is pronounced in one syllable

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mʲ

tʲ

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

“… вас была смерть сердечной мышцы из-за …”

meanings of смерть

noun:

Dying for.
Death.

смерть frequency in russian - B1 level of CEFR

the word смерть occurs in russian on average 56.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.