how to pronounce пьедестал

/pʲjɪdʲɪˈstaɫ/

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пьедестал is pronounced in three syllables

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pʲ

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dʲ

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

“… на пьедестал вот так не сажает но …”

meanings of пьедестал

noun:

Pedestal.

пьедестал frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word пьедестал occurs in russian on average 1.6 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.