how to pronounce старшина

/stərʂɨˈna/

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старшина is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… но тут проснулся старшина гематом поднял …”

meanings of старшина

noun:

Foreman.
Sergeant major (military rank).

старшина frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word старшина occurs in russian on average 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.