how to pronounce медведица

/mʲɪdˈvʲedʲɪt͡sə/

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the above transcription of медведица 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.

медведица is pronounced in four syllables

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mʲ

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vʲ

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dʲ

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t͡s

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

“… смысле медведица какая-то поскольку он …”

meanings of медведица

noun:

Female bear; she-bear.
Tiger moth.
Ursa Major or Ursa Minor (see Большая Медведица, Малая Медведица).

медведица frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word медведица occurs in russian on average 1.2 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.