how to pronounce кенгуру

/kʲɪnɡʊˈru/

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кенгуру is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… сайгаков за бортом троек там кенгуру там …”

meanings of кенгуру

noun:

Kangaroo (mammal).

кенгуру frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word кенгуру occurs in russian on average 2.9 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.