how to pronounce темень

/ˈtʲemʲɪnʲ/

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темень is pronounced in two syllables

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tʲ

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mʲ

nʲ

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

“… не знаете блин темень сплошная я же …”

meanings of темень

noun:

Darkness.

темень frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word темень occurs in russian on average 0.8 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.