| The American Heritage® Book of English Usage. |
A Practical and Authoritative Guide to Contemporary English. 1996.
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7. Pronunciation Challenges: Confusions and Controversy
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| § 40. cadre |
This 19th-century borrowing from French has a variety of pronunciations in English including (k d´r ), (kä´dr), (kd´r ), and (kä´dr). The first of these was popularized by the United States military, and (kä´dr) and (kä´dr) have sprung up probably through the association of cadre with padre. The pronunciation (kä´d r), which is the most common in British English, is closest to the French pronunciation. Any of these pronunciations is acceptable. | 1 |
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