how to pronounce булавка

/bʊˈɫafkə/

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булавка is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… тогда как ну ему палец булавка у него …”

meanings of булавка

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булавка frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word булавка occurs in russian on average 1.3 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.