How do you pronounce Kubernetes?
koo-ber-NET-eez/ˌkuːbərˈnetiːz/
Commonly said as: "koo-ber-NIGHTS", "kyoo-ber-neats"
koo ber net ees
Kubernetes
What it is
Kubernetes is the container orchestration system open-sourced by Google, commonly abbreviated K8s (eight letters between k and s).
Why it gets said wrong
It comes from the Greek κυβερνήτης, meaning helmsman. The stress falls on the third syllable, NET, and the ending is "eez", not "nights". Native speakers miss this too, because -netes looks like -nights.
Hear it in a sentence
The whole service runs on a Kubernetes cluster.
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