how to pronounce древность

/ˈdrʲevnəsʲtʲ/

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древность is pronounced in two syllables

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rʲ

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sʲ

tʲ

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

“… людей очень интересует древность до …”

meanings of древность

noun:

Antiquities, virtu.
Antiquity (time).

древность frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word древность occurs in russian on average 1.1 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.