how to pronounce старуха

/stɐˈruxə/

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старуха is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… сказал и чем эта старуха не довольна и …”

meanings of старуха

noun:

Old woman.
Old lady (a close female friend or one's wife; also used as a term of address).

старуха frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word старуха occurs in russian on average 4.5 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.