how to pronounce фон

/fon/

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фон is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… какой был нас белый фон так кино таким …”

meanings of фон

name:

Fon people of Benin and Nigeria.
Fon language.

noun:

Background, backdrop.

фон frequency in russian - B1 level of CEFR

the word фон occurs in russian on average 64.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.