HOW TO PRONOUNCE
cache
/kæʃ/
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For computer storage, say cash.
Use one syllable and end with sh. The final e is silent.
1 syllable
Also listed with 2 syllables.
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“Try clearing the browser cache.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does cache mean?
noun
- Such a store of physical supplies, placed by humans or other animals for practical reasons.
- A fast temporary storage where recently or frequently used information is stored to avoid having to reload it from a slower storage medium.
- A container containing treasure in a global treasure-hunt game.
More meanings (6)
verb
- To place in a cache.
- To store data in a cache.
- To participate in geocaching.
- To hide or seek a geocache.
- to store up, stockpile
noun
- Misspelling of cachet.
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IPA pronunciation
/kæʃ/
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
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Sous son mantelet elle cache une aile, Son bonnet charmant est à peine éclos.
We must not omit to mention the important foundry of Larnaud, or the CACHE of Saint-Pierre-en-Chatre, both so rich in bronze objects.
More book examples (3)
We hastened back and found three young men of the Ooqueesiksillik tribe, who had found their cache robbed and traced the tracks to our igloo.
On the way, whenever opportunity presented itself, they were to cache provisions at intervals along the coast in places liable to be visited by sledging parties.
One hears strange, suggestive words and phrases--arapajo, capote, arroyo, the diamond hitch, cache, butte, coulé, muskegs, portage, and a dozen others coined into the tender of daily use.