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How do you pronounce the word "macabre"?

Asked by weeveeship (4665points) October 24th, 2010

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Plucky's avatar

I pronounce it mah cah bray.

Drewseph's avatar

I believe it is pronounced like MACK-A-BRAY.

Blondesjon's avatar

according to dictionary.com both are acceptable

muppetish's avatar

I pronounce it /məkab/.

El_Cadejo's avatar

fuck ə. I hate that stupid letter.

janbb's avatar

Muh KAAAAAAAAB (or just “very strange”)

AmWiser's avatar

You can also try this site.

zenvelo's avatar

spooo – keee !

j/k. I pronounce it mu caw br. the last syllable is very subtle.

Jeruba's avatar

As close to the French as I can make it with my English-speaking mouth.

DominicX's avatar

Technically, it’s pronounced /makabʁ/. A lot of people find that subtle final “r” sound to be hard to make, but that’s how I always pronounce it.

muppetish's avatar

@DominicX I found it impossible to explain the French uvular fricative /ʁ/ to a friend of mine who was having trouble pronouncing “rien”. I can make the sound, but I cannot for the life of me instruct others on how to mimic it.

Jeruba's avatar

Exactly as @DominicX says. (How did you do that upside-down R?)

El_Cadejo's avatar

@Jeruba check it out you can find it on 02 latin ext b cont…

Jeruba's avatar

Ooooh! Thank you! ♥ ♥

DominicX's avatar

I just copied it from Wikipedia. :P

Jeruba's avatar

oh – well done, then – ♥ ♥ for you too

anartist's avatar

m’ caahb

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