how to pronounce великан

/vʲɪlʲɪˈkan/

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великан is pronounced in three syllables

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vʲ

2.

lʲ

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

“… высота два с половиной и 5 не великан но …”

meanings of великан

noun:

Giant.

великан frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word великан occurs in russian on average 0.7 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.