how to pronounce водолей

/vədɐˈlʲej/

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водолей is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… ш-ш и от музыку делать водолей на первом …”

meanings of водолей

name:

Aquarius (a constellation of the zodiac in the shape of a water carrier).
Aquarius (the zodiac sign for the water carrier, covering January 20-February 18).

noun:

Aquarius (someone with a Aquarius star sign).
Someone who pours water, water pourer.

водолей frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word водолей occurs in russian on average 4.3 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.