how to pronounce семейство

/sʲɪˈmʲejstvə/

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семейство is pronounced in three syllables

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sʲ

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mʲ

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

“… разных то есть целое семейство генов они …”

meanings of семейство

noun:

Family, household.
Family.

семейство frequency in russian - C1 level of CEFR

the word семейство occurs in russian on average 10.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.