English pronunciation of Greek letters

This table gives the common English pronunciation of Greek letters using the International Phonetic Alphabet (see Wikipedia:IPA for English.) It is the pronunciation of the ancient Greek names of the Greek letters using the English teaching pronunciation. Sometimes, especially in the sciences, the vowels will be pronounced closer to the Greek, for example /ˈpsiː/ instead of /ˈsaɪ/ for psi.

Greek	Ancient Greek name	English name	English pronunciation
Α α	Template:Polytonic	Alpha	/ˈælfə/
Β β	Template:Polytonic	Beta	/ˈbiːtə/, US /ˈbeɪtə/
Γ γ	Template:Polytonic	Gamma	/ˈɡæmə/
Δ δ	Template:Polytonic	Delta	/ˈdɛltə/
Ε ε	Template:Polytonic	Epsilon	/ˈɛpsɨlɒn/, UK also /ɛpˈsaɪlən/
Ζ ζ	Template:Polytonic	Zeta	/ˈziːtə/, US /ˈzeɪtə/
Η η	Template:Polytonic	Eta	/ˈiːtə/, US /ˈeɪtə/
Θ θ	Template:Polytonic	Theta	/ˈθiːtə/, US /ˈθeɪtə/
Ι ι	Template:Polytonic	Iota	/aɪˈoʊtə/
Κ κ	Template:Polytonic	Kappa	/ˈkæpə/
Λ λ	Template:Polytonic	Lambda	/ˈlæmdə/
Μ μ	Template:Polytonic	Mu	/ˈmjuː/, US /ˈmuː/
Ν ν	Template:Polytonic	Nu	/ˈnjuː/, US /ˈnuː/
Ξ ξ	Template:Polytonic	Xi	/ˈzaɪ/, /ˈksaɪ/
Ο ο	Template:Polytonic	Omicron	/ˈɒmɨkrɒn/, traditional UK /oʊˈmaɪkrɒn/
Π π	Template:Polytonic	Pi	/ˈpaɪ/
Ρ ρ	Template:Polytonic	Rho	/ˈroʊ/
Σ σ ς (final)	Template:Polytonic	Sigma	/ˈsɪɡmə/
Τ τ	Template:Polytonic	Tau	/ˈtaʊ/, also /ˈtɔː/
Υ υ	Template:Polytonic	Upsilon	/juːpˈsaɪlən/, /ˈʊpsɨlɒn/, UK also /ʌpˈsaɪlən/, US /ˈʌpsɨlɒn/
Φ φ	Template:Polytonic	Phi	/ˈfaɪ/
Χ χ	Template:Polytonic	Chi	/ˈkaɪ/
Ψ ψ	Template:Polytonic	Psi	/ˈsaɪ/, /ˈpsaɪ/
Ω ω	Template:Polytonic	Omega	US /oʊˈmeɪɡə/, traditional UK /ˈoʊmɨɡə/

References

• Oxford English Dictionary
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• British and US Pronunciation