how to pronounce любовь

/lʲʊˈbofʲ/

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любовь is pronounced in two syllables

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lʲ

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fʲ

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

“… пока я вас люблю любовь еще быть может …”

meanings of любовь

noun:

Love.
Affection.

name:

A female given name, Lyubov or Liubov.

любовь frequency in russian - A1 level of CEFR

the word любовь occurs in russian on average 211.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.