how to pronounce былое

/bɨˈɫojə/

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былое is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… литературе утратила былое значение или …”

meanings of былое

noun:

The past; yore.

былое frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word былое occurs in russian on average 1.8 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.