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Knative

infrastructure

A Kubernetes-based platform for deploying and managing serverless workloads

Pronunciation

Correct

kay-NAY-tiv

/keɪˈneɪtɪv/

The 'K' is pronounced as the letter 'kay', and 'native' follows standard pronunciation. The Google team confirmed this in project announcements at Google Cloud Next.

Source: knative.dev(official spec)

Common Mistakes

Common Mistake

nay-tiv

/ˈneɪtɪv/

Silencing the 'K' as one would in English words like 'knight' or 'kneel' is incorrect here; the 'K' is explicitly pronounced as 'kay'.

Common Mistake

kuh-NAY-tiv

/kəˈneɪtɪv/

Pronouncing the 'K' as a hard 'kuh' sound is also incorrect. It is the letter name 'kay'.

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