how to pronounce лет

/lʲet/

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the above transcription of лет 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.

лет is pronounced in one syllable

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lʲ

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

“… затем вы, Гвинея, около четырех тысяч лет назад и в Америке, как …”

meanings of лет

noun:

Genitive plural of ле́то (léto).
Genitive plural of год (god).

лет frequency in russian - A1 level of CEFR

the word лет occurs in russian on average 716.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.