Skip to main content
Library homepage
 

Text Color

Text Size

 

Margin Size

 

Font Type

Enable Dyslexic Font
Statistics LibreTexts

Greek Letter Pronunciations

( \newcommand{\kernel}{\mathrm{null}\,}\)

Upper Case Lower Case Pronunciation
A α alphaæl-fə
B β betabei-tə
Γ γ gamma -mə
Δ δ deltadel-tə
E ε epsiloneps-ill-aan
Z ζ zetazei-tə
H η etaei-tə
Θ θ thetathei-tə
I ι iota – I-oh-tə (‘I’ pronounced like ‘eye’)
K κ kappa-pə
Λ λ lambdalæm-də
M μ mumyoo
N ν nunyoo
Ξ ξ xiksaai (as in sick sigh)
O o omicronoh-mə-kraan
Π π pipaai (the same as pie)
P ρ rhoroh (rhymes with go)
Σ σ sigmasig-mə
T τ tautaa’u (rhyming with cow)
Y υ upsilon‘ups’ as oops, ‘ilon’ as ill-on
Φ ϕ phifaai (as in identify)
X χ chikaai (as in kite)
Ψ ψ psisaai (as in side)
Ω ω omega – oh-mey-gə

Support Center

How can we help?