Greek Letter |
Name |
Phonetic Value in Greek |
English Equivalent |
Pronunciation Used by Fraternities & Sororities |
A a | Alpha | a | A | al-fah |
B b | Beta | b | B | bay-tah |
G g | Gamma | g | G | gam-mah |
D d | Delta | d | D | del-tah |
E e | Epsilon | e | E | ep-sih-lawn |
Z z | Zeta | z | Z | zay-tah |
H h | Eta | a | E | ay-tah |
Q q | Theta | th | Th | thay-tah |
I i | Iota | e | I | eye-oh-tah |
K k | Kappa | k | K | kap-pah |
L l | Lambda | l | L | lam-dah |
M m | Mu | m | M | myew |
N n | Nu | n | N | new |
X x | Xi | ks | X | zeye (rhymes with "eye") |
O o | Omicron | o | O | oh-mih-crawn |
P p | Pi | p | P | peye (rhymes with "eye") |
R r | Rho | r | R | row |
S s | Sigma | s | S | sig-mah |
T t | Tau | t | T | taw / tow (rhymes with "ow!") |
U u | Upsilon | oo | U | yewp-sih-lawn |
F f | Phi | f | Ph | fee / feye (rhymes with "eye") |
C c | Chi | k | Ch | keye (rhymes with "eye") |
Y y | Psi | ps | Ps | seye (rhymes with "eye") |
W w | Omega | o | O | oh-may-gah |