how to pronounce английский

/ɐnˈɡlʲijskʲɪj/

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английский is pronounced in three syllables

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lʲ

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kʲ

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

“… русский такой английский вариант давно …”

meanings of английский

adjective:

English.

noun:

English language, short for англи́йский язы́к (anglíjskij jazýk).

английский frequency in russian - B2 level of CEFR

the word английский occurs in russian on average 31.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.