how to pronounce лен

/lʲen/

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the above transcription of лен is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

лен is pronounced in one syllable

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1.

lʲ

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

“… какие-то новые появляться лен там нет …”

meanings of лен

noun:

Fief, fee.

лен frequency in russian - B2 level of CEFR

the word лен occurs in russian on average 29.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.