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Is restaurant a long a word?

Updated: 8/19/2019
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No. The first A is part of the AU pair that has a schwa-R (unstressed er or ur) sound. The second A has either a short A (-ahnt) or an AW sound (-awnt).

The original French ends without the T being sounded, similar to -awn/ -on.

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