how to pronounce тесть

/tʲesʲtʲ/

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тесть is pronounced in one syllable

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tʲ

sʲ

tʲ

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

“… как то тесть бухучёт как и внесут …”

meanings of тесть

noun:

Wife's father, father-in-law.

тесть frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word тесть occurs in russian on average 1.6 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.