How to pronounce OpenBao
project community-consensus
OpenBao is most commonly pronounced "open bao" (/ˌoʊpən ˈbaʊ/). This is the widely-used reading among engineers, though edge cases exist.
Linux Foundation fork of HashiCorp Vault named after baozi, the steamed bun (per GitHub discussion #34) — "bao" rhymes with "cow", not "bay-oh".
Source: Wiktionary — bao
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 OpenBao?
OpenBao is pronounced "open bao" (/ˌoʊpən ˈbaʊ/). Linux Foundation fork of HashiCorp Vault named after baozi, the steamed bun (per GitHub discussion #34) — "bao" rhymes with "cow", not "bay-oh". Source: Wiktionary — bao.
What is the IPA for OpenBao?
The IPA for OpenBao is /ˌoʊpən ˈbaʊ/, respelled "open bao".
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