Saying maths 1 - The Greek alphabet

As the Greek alphabet is extensively used in mathematical formulas we give in this page a table with all letters, the English names, the pronunciation, taken from Collins English Dictionary - Millennium Edition, and the English equivalent.

The pronunciation is written using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).

We have added a column with the key used on PC keyboards under Windows Operating System (Symbol font) to obtain the letter.

Capital	Low-case	English name	Pronunciation	English equivalent	Keyboard (Symbol font)
Α	α	alpha		a	A , a
Β	β	beta		b	B , b
Γ	γ	gamma		g	G , g
Δ	δ	delta		d	D , d
Ε	ε	epsilon		e	E , e
Ζ	ζ	zeta		z	Z , z
Η	η	eta		h	H , h
Θ	θ ()	theta		th	Q , q  (J)
Ι	ι	iota		i	I , i
Κ	κ	kappa		k	K , k
Λ	λ	lambda		l	L , l
Μ	μ	mu		m	M , m
Ν	ν	nu		n	N , n
Ξ	ξ	xi (-pl. xis)		x	X , x
Ο	ο	omicron		o	O , o
Π	π	pi (-pl. pis)		p	P , p
Ρ	ρ	rho (-pl. rhos)		r	R , r
Σ	σ ς	sigma		s	S , s  (V)
Τ	τ	tau		t	T , t
Υ	υ	upsilon		u	U , u
Φ	(φ)	phi (-pl. phis)		ph	F , f  (j)
Χ	χ	chi		ch - kh	C , c
Ψ	ψ	psi		ps	Y , y
Ω	ω	omega		o	W , w
Capital	Low-case	English name	Pronunciation	English equivalent	Keyboard (Symbol font)