how to pronounce балерина

/bəlʲɪˈrʲinə/

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балерина is pronounced in four syllables

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lʲ

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rʲ

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

“… понятно что это просто балерина что это …”

meanings of балерина

noun:

Ballerina.

балерина frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word балерина 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.