How to pronounce pythagora

pythagora is most commonly pronounced "pih thag uh ruh" (/pɪˈθæɡərə/). This is the widely-used reading among engineers, though edge cases exist.

AI dev platform / VS Code + Cursor extension and company (YC W24) behind GPT Pilot. Name = the Greek mathematician Pythagoras (/pɪˈθæɡərəs/) minus the final -s. STRESS on second syllable: pih-THAG-uh-ruh. First syllable is short 'pih' in the US reading; the long-'pie' first syllable (alt) mirrors the standard British reading of Pythagoras. No creator-documented pronunciation found — inferred from the established English reading of Pythagoras.

Alternate readings you might hear:

• "pie thag uh ruh" /paɪˈθæɡərə/

Source: Pythagora official site

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