how to pronounce позитив

/pəzʲɪˈtʲif/

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позитив is pronounced in three syllables

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zʲ

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tʲ

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

“… только позитив и третье ты по-любому …”

meanings of позитив

noun:

Positive, positive information, feedback or mood.
Positive.

позитив frequency in russian - C2 level of CEFR

the word позитив occurs in russian on average 9 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.