how to pronounce баскетбол

/bəskʲɪdˈboɫ/

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баскетбол is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… регенерация я вот обожаю баскетбол и …”

meanings of баскетбол

noun:

Basketball (sport only).

баскетбол frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word баскетбол occurs in russian on average 2.2 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.