Greek Letter Pronunciations
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Upper Case | Lower Case | Pronunciation |
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A | α | alpha – æl-fə |
B | β | beta – bei-tə |
Γ | γ | gamma – gæ-mə |
Δ | δ | delta – del-tə |
E | ε | epsilon – eps-ill-aan |
Z | ζ | zeta – zei-tə |
H | η | eta – ei-tə |
Θ | θ | theta – thei-tə |
I | ι | iota – I-oh-tə (‘I’ pronounced like ‘eye’) |
K | κ | kappa – kæ-pə |
Λ | λ | lambda – læm-də |
M | μ | mu – myoo |
N | ν | nu – nyoo |
Ξ | ξ | xi – ksaai (as in sick sigh) |
O | o | omicron – oh-mə-kraan |
Π | π | pi – paai (the same as pie) |
P | ρ | rho – roh (rhymes with go) |
Σ | σ | sigma – sig-mə |
T | τ | tau – taa’u (rhyming with cow) |
Y | υ | upsilon – ‘ups’ as oops, ‘ilon’ as ill-on |
Φ | ϕ | phi – faai (as in identify) |
X | χ | chi – kaai (as in kite) |
Ψ | ψ | psi – saai (as in side) |
Ω | ω | omega – oh-mey-gə |