how to pronounce скорпион

/skərpʲɪˈon/

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скорпион is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… на хрен это скорпион хотя кстати говоря …”

meanings of скорпион

name:

Scorpius (a constellation of the zodiac containing the red giant Antares, in the shape of a scorpion).
Scorpio (the zodiac sign for the scorpion, covering October 23-November 21).

noun:

Scorpion.

скорпион frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word скорпион occurs in russian on average 4 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.