how to pronounce подполковник

/pətpɐɫˈkovnʲɪk/

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подполковник is pronounced in four syllables

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

“… так подполковник он сделал там то то то …”

meanings of подполковник

noun:

Lieutenant colonel.

подполковник frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word подполковник occurs in russian on average 2.2 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.