Greek Alphabet

Letter name
Lower Case
Upper Case
Transliteration
Pronunciation
alpha
α
Α
a
father
beta
β
Β
b
bible
gamma
γ
Γ
g
gone
delta
δ
Δ
d
dog
epsilon
ε
Ε
e
met
zêta
ζ
Ζ
z if first letter, otherwise dz
daze
êta
η
Η
e
obey
thêta
θ
Τ
th
thing
iota
ι
Ι
i
spaghetti
kappa
κ
Κ
k
king
lambda
λ
Λ
l
law
mu
μ
Μ
m
mother
nu
ν
Ν
n
new
xi
ξ
Ξ
x
axiom
omicron
ο
Ο
o
not
pi
p
Π
p
peach
rho
ρ
Ρ
r
rod
sigma
σ/ς
Σ
s
study
tau
t
Τ
t
talk
upsilon
υ
Υ
u
oops
phi
φ
Φ
ph
phone
chi
χ
Χ
ch
loch
psi
ψ
Ψ
ps
lips
omega
ω
Ω
o
tone
Notes: Vowels are shaded

Diphthongs

Diphthong Sounds like Example
αι aisle αἴρω
ει eight εἰ
οι oil οἰκία
αυ sauerkraut αὐτός
ου soup αὐδέ
υι suite υἱίσ
ευ, ηυ feud εὐθύς /ηὒξανεν

Improper diphthongs ie iota subscript

Diphthong Example Translation
ὣρᾳ hour, occasion
γραφῇ writing, Scripture
λόγῳ word, message

 

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