how to pronounce шлюз

/ʂlʲus/

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the above transcription of шлюз is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

шлюз is pronounced in one syllable

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lʲ

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

“… впереди у нас 7 шлюз in доллары 3 7 …”

meanings of шлюз

noun:

Airlock.
Sluice, lock, gateway.

шлюз frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word шлюз occurs in russian on average 1.1 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.