how to pronounce вальс

/valʲs/

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the above transcription of вальс is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

вальс is pronounced in one syllable

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lʲ

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

“… индийские в кино вальс тернер до …”

meanings of вальс

noun:

Waltz.

вальс frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word вальс occurs in russian on average 3.6 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.