how to pronounce штуковина

/ʂtʊˈkovʲɪnə/

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штуковина is pronounced in four syllables

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

“… какая-то штуковина с сердечками недель …”

meanings of штуковина

noun:

Thingamajig, thingumajig, thingummy (something that one does not know the name of).
Widget, gadget, gizmo.

штуковина frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word штуковина occurs in russian on average 1.7 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.