How to pronounce BEiT
product contested
BEiT is most commonly pronounced "beet" (/biːt/). This is one of several readings in active use; the developer community hasn't converged on a single answer.
Microsoft masked-image-modeling pretraining (BERT for image Transformers, i = image); no official reading — split between 'beet' (most common, one syllable) and 'bait'.
Alternate readings you might hear:
- "bait"
/beɪt/
Source: BEiT paper (arXiv 2106.08254)
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How do you pronounce BEiT?
BEiT is pronounced "beet" (/biːt/). Microsoft masked-image-modeling pretraining (BERT for image Transformers, i = image); no official reading — split between 'beet' (most common, one syllable) and 'bait'. Source: BEiT paper (arXiv 2106.08254).
What is the IPA for BEiT?
The IPA for BEiT is /biːt/, respelled "beet".
Is BEiT sometimes pronounced "bait"?
Yes — "bait" (/beɪt/) is one of the alternate readings of BEiT in active use.
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