Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yaml

/ˈjæməl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.79 in modern English

Syllables: yaml
IPA: /ˈjæməl/

9

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A human-readable data serialization format that takes concepts from XML and from various programming languages.

Example Sentences

"You probably won't have to integrate your software with existing YAML documents in your enterprise. But, in the Ruby world, YAML is popular, maybe even more popular than XML."

Etymology

Originally an acronym of Yet Another Markup Language, now reinterpreted as YAML Ain't Markup Language.

Frequently Paired Words

XML JSON TOML

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce yaml?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈjæməl/.
What does yaml mean?: A human-readable data serialization format that takes concepts from XML and from various programming languages.
Where does yaml come from?: Originally an acronym of Yet Another Markup Language, now reinterpreted as YAML Ain't Markup Language.

How to pronounce yaml

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