No. 14,740 in Russian
пирамиды
"Pyramids."
In a sentence
Я читал про пирамиды в Египте.
I read about the pyramids in Egypt.
In this example, "пирамиды" refers to the famous ancient monuments in Egypt.
Мы строили пирамиды из песка на пляже.
We built pyramids out of sand on the beach.
Here, "пирамиды" is used to describe structures resembling pyramids, made of sand.
Схема компании напоминала финансовые пирамиды.
The company's scheme resembled financial pyramids.
In this sentence, "пирамиды" metaphorically denotes fraudulent investment schemes.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “пирамиды” in actual Russian podcasts.
Find “пирамиды” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Russian podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Learning English?
LangTurbo plays real English podcasts with every line translated into русский, and tells you what any word means in that sentence. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Russian books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).