how to pronounce труба

/trʊˈba/

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труба is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… у него даже есть труба но вот окна двери …”

meanings of труба

noun:

Mobile phone.
Pipe.
Telephone.
Chimney, flue.
Fox tail.
Trumpet.
Undesirable situation, seemingly hopeless (де́ло труба́).

труба frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word труба occurs in russian on average 4.3 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.