how to pronounce княгиня

/knʲɪˈɡʲinʲə/

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the above transcription of княгиня 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.

княгиня is pronounced in three syllables

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nʲ

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ɡʲ

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nʲ

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

“… была великая княгиня елена павловна я …”

meanings of княгиня

noun:

Princess (the prince's consort), duchess.
Daughter.
Bride in old wedding rituals.

княгиня frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word княгиня occurs in russian on average 3.1 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.