how to pronounce кикимора

/kʲɪˈkʲimərə/

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кикимора is pronounced in four syllables

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kʲ

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kʲ

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

“… созвучно кикимора но такие вот удушья во …”

meanings of кикимора

noun:

An ugly girl or woman.
Kikimora (a female house spirit in the Slavic mythology).

кикимора frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word кикимора 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.