how to pronounce костяк

/kɐˈsʲtʲak/

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костяк is pronounced in two syllables

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sʲ

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tʲ

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

“… что я очень агентов дата костяк футболе …”

meanings of костяк

noun:

Skeleton; bones.
Backbone.

костяк frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word костяк occurs in russian on average 1.5 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.