how to pronounce вождь

/voʂtʲ/

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вождь is pronounced in one syllable

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tʲ

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

“… двое чужеземцев один вождь а другой его …”

meanings of вождь

noun:

Leader (inspiring or commanding a movement).
Captain (leading an army).
Chief, chieftain (of a tribe).

вождь frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word вождь occurs in russian on average 3.7 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.