how to pronounce материал

/mətʲɪrʲɪˈaɫ/

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материал is pronounced in four syllables

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tʲ

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rʲ

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

“… 3000 мне обошелся материал именно картон …”

meanings of материал

noun:

Material, stuff.
Fabric, material.

материал frequency in russian - B1 level of CEFR

the word материал occurs in russian on average 64.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.