how to pronounce тушь

/tuʂ/

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тушь is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… новую тушь аудиторию или даже было …”

meanings of тушь

noun:

Mascara.
India ink.

тушь frequency in russian - C2 level of CEFR

the word тушь occurs in russian on average 8.3 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.