how to pronounce папирус

/pɐˈpʲirʊs/

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папирус is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… лондонский папирус или он еще известен …”

meanings of папирус

noun:

Papyrus (a plant in the sedge family).

папирус frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word папирус occurs in russian on average 0.7 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.