Cadre

[gothwalk]

How do you pronounce the word "cadre"? KAY-der, or should it be KAD-ray?

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[iresprite.livejournal.com]

KAH-dre (french dreh, schwa, whatever)

[kamaitachi.livejournal.com]

I would say it KAD-reh, but then again, I don't what it means so I couldn't be sure.

[sbisson.livejournal.com]

Pretty close to the latter...

[bastun-ie.livejournal.com]

I've heard it pronounced KAH-der - or somewhere between that and your latter one...

[sciamachy.livejournal.com]

kɑdRə

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[salith.livejournal.com]

Watch "Mystery Men" for a brief discussion of the pronunciation of this word :)
If I remember correctly, "Baby Bowler" pronounces it 'Kad-rah', but it's been a while :)

[spiritseeker.livejournal.com]

Lihke my sistah from the Noatheast, I think kahd-ruh is the way to say it.

OED be dahmned.

[kehoea.livejournal.com]

I've just went and listened to that and, umm, wtf? At least when the Weimar Germans pronounced Jazz "yats" it followed the spelling conventions of _German_, but "kadray" so does not follow the spelling conventions of American.

[juanfandango.livejournal.com]

Card-ray

[phantom_wolfboy]

"That word there."

[kehoea.livejournal.com]

OED says /kadr/. I'd go with that.