how to pronounce катастрофа

/kətɐˈstrofə/

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катастрофа is pronounced in four syllables

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

“… случится это с нами катастрофа еще раз …”

meanings of катастрофа

noun:

Accident, crash.
Catastrophe, disaster, calamity.

катастрофа frequency in russian - C2 level of CEFR

the word катастрофа occurs in russian on average 4.9 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.