how to pronounce бальзам

/bɐlʲˈzam/

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бальзам is pronounced in two syllables

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lʲ

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

“… рьяный бальзам свой авторский текст …”

meanings of бальзам

noun:

Balsam; balm.

бальзам frequency in russian - C2 level of CEFR

the word бальзам occurs in russian on average 5.7 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.