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How to pronounce Cilium

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silly um /ˈsɪliəm/ mp3

Cilium is most commonly pronounced "silly um" (/ˈsɪliəm/). This is the widely-used reading among engineers, though edge cases exist.

"SIL-ee-um" — Latin for eyelash.

Source: Cilium

Pronouncing project and product names correctly avoids the small but persistent friction of being gently corrected during standups, conference Q&As, and team calls. Hearing the word a few times locks in the right reading better than reading IPA ever will. Pronounce is a community-maintained dictionary — every entry tagged with a confidence level and (where possible) a citable source.

How do you pronounce Cilium?

Cilium is pronounced "silly um" (/ˈsɪliəm/). "SIL-ee-um" — Latin for eyelash. Source: Cilium.

What is the IPA for Cilium?

The IPA for Cilium is /ˈsɪliəm/, respelled "silly um".

Hear it from the command line

$ say-it Cilium # primary × 3 + audible "or: …" for each alternate
$ say-it --why Cilium # print the dict entry with source URL

Install the CLI: git clone https://github.com/anzy-renlab-ai/pronounce.git && cd pronounce && ./install.sh

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Audio on this page is rendered by your browser's Web Speech API, whose voice varies by OS and browser. The CLI (say-it Cilium) uses macOS's built-in say with a tuned respelling for a consistent reading. Found an issue or want to add a reading? Contribute on GitHub.

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