how to pronounce пистолет

/pʲɪstɐˈlʲet/

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пистолет is pronounced in three syllables

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pʲ

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lʲ

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

“… алексей говорит что этот пистолет у него …”

meanings of пистолет

noun:

Spraying pistol, sprayer.
Pistol, handgun.

пистолет frequency in russian - C1 level of CEFR

the word пистолет occurs in russian on average 10.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.