GREEK ALPHABET

ALPHA (AL-fuh) First letter of the Greek alphabet
BETA (BAY-tuh)
GAMMA (GAM-uh)
DELTA (DEL-tuh)
EPSILON (EP-sil-on) The second form of the lower case epsilon is used as the “set membership” symbol.
ZETA (ZAY-tuh)
ETA (AY-tuh)
THETA (THAY-tuh)
IOTA (eye-OH-tuh)
KAPPA (KAP-uh)
LAMBDA (LAM-duh)
MU (MYOO)
NU (NOO)
XI (KS-EYE)
OMICRON (OM-i-KRON) Rarely used because it looks like an ‘o.’
PI (PIE) The lower-case Pi is universally used to represent that number which is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. The upper-case Pi is used as the “product” symbol.
RHO (ROW)
SIGMA (SIG-muh) The capital Sigma is used as the “summation” symbol.
TAU (TAU)
UPSILON (OOP-si-LON)
PHI (FEE) The two versions of lower-case Phi are used interchangeably.
CHI (K-EYE)
PSI (SIGH)
OMEGA (oh-MAY-guh) Last letter of the Greek alphabet.

Sigma (s, V): There are two forms for the letter Sigma. When written at the end of a word, it is written like this: V. If it occurs anywhere else, it is written like this: s.

Upsilon (u):In the above table, we suggest that you pronounce this letter like "u" in "put". The preferred pronunciation is actually more like the German "ü" as in "Brücke", or like the French "u" as in "tu". If you do not speak German or French, don't worry about it, just pronounce it the way the table suggests.

Xi (c): This is the same sound as "ch" in "Bach", which does not sound like "ch" in "chair". The same sound occurs in the Scottish "Loch", as in "Loch Lomond", or the German "ach!".

Dipthongs When two vowels combine to make one sound, it is called a dipthong. There are seven dipthongs in Greek.