how to pronounce чистилище

/t͡ɕɪˈsʲtʲilʲɪɕːe/

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the above transcription of чистилище is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

чистилище is pronounced in four syllables

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1.

t͡ɕ

sʲ

2.

tʲ

3.

lʲ

4.

ɕː

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

“… такой вот эта фаза чистилище в …”

meanings of чистилище

noun:

Purgatory.

чистилище frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word чистилище occurs in russian on average 0.8 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.