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Greek alphabet letters and symbols. Greek letters pronunciation.
- Basic Math Symbols
List of all math symbols and their meanings including...
- Basic Math Symbols
There are seven vowels (α ε η ι ο υ ω) rather than the five in English, because Greek uses different symbols for short and long e (epsilon and eta) and for long and short o (omicron and omega). The other vowels can be short or long.
ϕ, φ Φ phi χ X chi ψ Ψ psi ω Ω omega Note: In the Greek alphabet, α is the first letter and ω is the last letter. This is different from the Latin alphabet where a and z are the first and last letter, respectively. The gray letters indicate the relationship to the Latin alphabet.
A alpha B beta gamma delta E epsilon Z zeta H eta theta I iota K kappa lambda M mu N nu ˘ csi O o omicron ˇ pi P ˆ rho ˙ sigma T ˝ tau ˛ upsilon ˚ phi psi X ˜ chi! omega Notes. In pronouncing the names of the letters, the is may be pronounced either as long English is, so that ˚would sound like \ e," or else as long English
ω Ω omega In Greek (ancient Greek, anyway) there’s a variant form of the lower-case sigma used – ς instead of σ – when it’s the last letter of a word.
Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Zeta, Eta, Theta, Iota, Kappa, Lambda, Mu Nu, Xi, Omicron, Pi, Rho, Sigma, Tau, Upsilon, Phi, Chi, Psi, Omega Α Alpha ( al-fah ) Β Beta ( bay-tah ) Γ Gamma ( gam-ah ) Δ Delta ( del-ta ) Ε Epsilon ( ep-si-lon ) Ζ Zeta ( zay-tah ) Η Eta ( ay-tah ) Θ Theta ( thay-tah ) Ι Iota ( eye-o-tah ) Κ Kappa ...
Φ φ phi fit Χ χ chi German ich Ψ ψ psi upset Ω ω omega (long) total-There is also an h-sound in Greek and it only occurs at the beginning of words. It is indicated by a rough breathing mark placed above the first vowel of the word (or second vowel if a diphthong starts the word). e.g. ἑξάγωνον – hexagon and Ἑλένη – Helen
