how to pronounce лебедь

/ˈlʲebʲɪtʲ/

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лебедь is pronounced in two syllables

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lʲ

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bʲ

tʲ

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

“… черный лебедь который невозможно …”

meanings of лебедь

noun:

Swan.

лебедь frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word лебедь occurs in russian on average 3 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.