how to pronounce стрелец

/strʲɪˈlʲet͡s/

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стрелец is pronounced in two syllables

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rʲ

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lʲ

t͡s

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

“… жестовый стрелец проще вот …”

meanings of стрелец

name:

Sagittarius (a constellation of the zodiac in the shape of an archer).
Sagittarius (the zodiac sign for the archer, covering November 22-December 21).

noun:

Strelets (member of Russian military corps in 16th-17th c.).

стрелец frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word стрелец occurs in russian on average 3.9 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.