how to pronounce хвост

/xvost/

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хвост is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… и поэтому мы ее и в хвост и в гриву и …”

meanings of хвост

noun:

Tail.
Queue.
Arrears (academic).

хвост frequency in russian - B2 level of CEFR

the word хвост occurs in russian on average 23.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.