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Does it have three syllable or two syllable? I've heard it said with two syllable. In the US, definitely three. But the middle one is very short and quiet -- so you might not notice it. Definitely three in the UK. Click to expand Snowman75 Senior Member Sydney, Australia. For me it's definitely two syllables.

If you asked me to pronounce "cabinet" and "cabnet" you would hear exactly the same thing. My dictionary Macquarie lists two pronunciations, one with 3 syllables and one with 2. However Macquarie is an Australian dictionary - I'd be interested to know if the 2 syllable pronunciation is uniquely Australian.

I would use three syllables cab-i-net , however I have heard it pronounced as "cab-net" by people speaking quickly. VoogerTown said:. Snowman75 said:. If you can get as far as "cabnet" it's only a short further step to "cabmet". Unstressed vowel before n can also be lost in "eb o ny", "ad e noids", "Sag e naw", "ag o ny", "av e nue", "list e ning", "soft e ning", and also before liquids and glides, in many many words.

A term for this is vowel syncope. GregLee said:. I think the pronunciation recommended as primary by MW 'kab-nit is quite different from cabmet.

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