How to pronounce Cogito
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Cogito is most commonly pronounced "kog ih toh" (/ˈkɑɡɪˌtoʊ/). This is one of several readings in active use; the developer community hasn't converged on a single answer.
Cogito is Deep Cogito's family of open-weight reasoning models (Cogito v2, and the v2.1 671B MoE on Hugging Face), named after Descartes' Latin cogito ergo sum. The stress lands on the first syllable in English — never "koh-JEE-toh" — but the g is unsettled: Merriam-Webster and Collins both lead with the hard-g KAH-gi-toh, while the anglicized soft-g KAH-ji-toh (by analogy with cogitate) and the Latinate KOH-ghee-toh are also attested. Deep Cogito has never stated a preference, and note this is a different word from the existing cognito entry (AWS Cognito, kog-NEE-toh).
Alternate readings you might hear:
- "kodge ih toh"
/ˈkɑdʒɪˌtoʊ/ - "koh ghee toh"
/ˈkoʊɡɪˌtoʊ/
Source: Merriam-Webster — cogito (ˈkä-gi-ˌtō, ˈkō-gi-ˌtō, ˈkä-ji-ˌtō)
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How do you pronounce Cogito?
Cogito is pronounced "kog ih toh" (/ˈkɑɡɪˌtoʊ/). Cogito is Deep Cogito's family of open-weight reasoning models (Cogito v2, and the v2.1 671B MoE on Hugging Face), named after Descartes' Latin cogito ergo sum. The stress lands on the first syllable in English — never "koh-JEE-toh" — but the g is unsettled: Merriam-Webster and Collins both lead with the hard-g KAH-gi-toh, while the anglicized soft-g KAH-ji-toh (by analogy with cogitate) and the Latinate KOH-ghee-toh are also attested. Deep Cogito has never stated a preference, and note this is a different word from the existing cognito entry (AWS Cognito, kog-NEE-toh). Source: Merriam-Webster — cogito (ˈkä-gi-ˌtō, ˈkō-gi-ˌtō, ˈkä-ji-ˌtō).
What is the IPA for Cogito?
The IPA for Cogito is /ˈkɑɡɪˌtoʊ/, respelled "kog ih toh".
Is Cogito sometimes pronounced "kodge ih toh"?
Yes — "kodge ih toh" (/ˈkɑdʒɪˌtoʊ/) is one of the alternate readings of Cogito in active use.
Is Cogito sometimes pronounced "koh ghee toh"?
Yes — "koh ghee toh" (/ˈkoʊɡɪˌtoʊ/) is one of the alternate readings of Cogito in active use.
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