how to pronounce овен

/ɐˈvʲen/

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овен is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… рассказывает как бы я овен виторган мне …”

meanings of овен

name:

Aries (the zodiac sign for the ram, covering March 21-April 19).
Aries (a constellation of the zodiac in the shape of a ram).

noun:

An Aries (a person born with the Aries star sign).
Ram (male sheep).

овен frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word овен occurs in russian on average 4.2 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.