how to pronounce тюрьма

/tʲʉrʲˈma/

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тюрьма is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… клинику геккон это не тюрьма это скорее …”

meanings of тюрьма

noun:

Prison, jail.

тюрьма frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word тюрьма occurs in russian on average 2.7 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.