how to pronounce железо

/ʐɨˈlʲezə/

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железо is pronounced in three syllables

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lʲ

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

“… остатки вот это железо на котором я …”

meanings of железо

noun:

Iron.
Hardware.
Any iron-like metal.

железо frequency in russian - C2 level of CEFR

the word железо occurs in russian on average 6.1 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.