how to pronounce сми

/smʲi/

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the above transcription of сми 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.

сми is pronounced in one syllable

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mʲ

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

“… вкус как это будет сми прямо даже ученый …”

meanings of сми

noun:

Acronym of сре́дства ма́ссовой информа́ции (srédstva mássovoj informácii): mass media.

сми frequency in russian - A2 level of CEFR

the word сми occurs in russian on average 71.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.