how to pronounce сметана

/smʲɪˈtanə/

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сметана is pronounced in three syllables

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mʲ

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

“… немножко сметана сейчас я ем пельмени и …”

meanings of сметана

noun:

Sour cream.

сметана frequency in russian - C2 level of CEFR

the word сметана occurs in russian on average 8.2 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.