how to pronounce меньшинство

/mʲɪnʲʂɨnstˈvo/

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меньшинство is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… меньше меньшинство тем больше у них …”

meanings of меньшинство

noun:

Minority (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority).

меньшинство frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word меньшинство occurs in russian on average 2.5 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.