Fillable Printable Greek Alphabet Charts
Fillable Printable Greek Alphabet Charts
Greek Alphabet Charts
Greek Alphabet Charts
alpha
a
father
beta
b
big
gamma
g
God / = ng (angle) / = nk (ankle)
delta
d
door
epsilon
e
met
zeta
z
zeal or kudzu
eta
ē
obey
theta
th
thing
iota
i
pit or police
kappa
k
keep
lambda
l
law
mu (moo)
m
mother
nu (noo)
n
number
xi (ksee)
x
fox
omicron
o
not [Note: o-micron = small o]
pi (pee)
p
poor
rho
r, rh
rod, rhythm
sigma
s
save [the form occurs only at end of word]
tau
t
time
upsilon
u, y
French u or German ü
phi (phee)
ph
phone
chi (khee)
ch/kh
German ich
psi (psee)
ps
tipsy
omega
ō
vote [Note: o-mega = big o]
Diphthongs
ai
aisle
ei
neighbor
oi
oil
uee
queen
ow
cow
oo
food
e+u
met+rude (~feud)
ē+u
obey+rude
Punctuation
Comma, period: Same as in English
Raised dot () = Colon or Semicolon
Semicolon () in Greek = Question mark
Syllables
Ultima last
Penult next to last
Antepenult third from last
Breathing Marks
smooth
= a; = ĕn
rough (h)
= ha; = hĕn
Accents
acute
῀ or
circumflex
grave
Combinations of Accents & Breathings
, or ἆ, / or ἇ / Ἂ Ἆ Ἃ
Iota Subscript
Only with 3 vowels:
Has no effect on pronunciation
Diaeresis (dee-eye-re-sis)
Keeps 2 vowels separate ()
Examples: = (Isaiah)
= (Cain)
Elision — apostrophe () marks an omitted letter
