how to pronounce кукушка

/kʊˈkuʂkə/

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кукушка is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… кукушку всем one ку-ку кукушка да да да …”

meanings of кукушка

noun:

Cuckoo.
Cuckoo (a term for a suburban light-rail with several cars).
Sniper whose firing position is located in a tree.
Cuckoo (a term used for the old «Ку» series locomotives).

кукушка frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word кукушка occurs in russian on average 0.9 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.