how to pronounce том

/tom/

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том is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… соль заключается в чем в том что у вас в …”

meanings of том

noun:

Volume (of a book, magazine or disk).

pronoun:

Prepositional masculine/neuter singular of тот (tot).

том frequency in russian - A1 level of CEFR

the word том occurs in russian on average 1008.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.