Learn Italian - The 21 letters of the Italian Alphabet
(plus the 5 letters used in foreign words)
| Letter | Name | | Example | |
| A | A | Amore (love) | ||
| B | Bi | Bambino (boy) | ||
| C | Ci | Casa (house) | ||
| D | Di | Deserto (desert) | ||
| E | E | Essere (to be) | ||
| F | Effe | Forza (force / power) | ||
| G | Gi | Gruppo (group) | ||
| H | Acca | Hotel (hotel - 'h' is silent) | ||
| I | I | Italia ( | ||
| J* | I lungo | Joystick (joystick) Jupiter (the Roman god) | ||
| K* | Kappa | Kiwi (kiwi) | ||
| L | Elle | Limone (Lemon) | ||
| M | Emme | Macchina (car) | ||
| N | Enne | Notte (night) | ||
| O | O | Opera (opera) | ||
| P | Pi | Piazza (square) | ||
| Q | Qu | Questo (this) | ||
| R | Erre | Rosso (red) | ||
| S | Esse | Settimana (week) sounds like 's' | ||
| T | Ti | Tutto (all) | ||
| U | U | Uscita (exit / escape) | ||
| V | Vu | Via (street) | ||
| W* | Doppio vu | Walter (personal name) | ||
| X* | Ics | Xilografia (xylography) | ||
| Y* | Ipsilon | Yogurt (yoghurt) | ||
| Z | Zeta | Zucchero (sugar) sounds like 'ts' Zero (zero) sounds like 'dz' | ||
| Combined letters: Some letters can have a different pronunciation in Italian depending upon which vocal or consonant follow them. | ||||
| Combination | Sounds like | | Example | |
| ca / co / cu | 'k' | Cucina (kitchen) | ||
| ce / ci | 'tsch' | Cinema (cinema) | ||
| che / chi | 'k' | Chiave (key) | ||
| | | | ||
| ga / go / gu | a hard 'g' | Gomma (rubber / tyre) | ||
| ge / gi | 'dj' | Gelato (ice cream / icy) | ||
| ghe / ghi | a hard 'g' | Ghetto (ghetto) | ||
| GLI | similar to American Spanish 'll' or Portuguese 'lh' | Aglio (garlic) | ||
| GLA / GLE / GLO / GLU | 'gl' | Gloria (glory) | ||
| gn | Spanish 'ñ' | Gnocchi (potato dumplings) | ||
| | | | ||
| sca / sco / scu | 'sk' | Scuola (school) | ||
| sce / scI | 'sh' | Scienza (science) | ||
| SCHE / SCHI | 'sk' | Schiuma (foam) | ||
( * ) The Italian alphabet does not normally include the letters J, K, W X and Y, but since there are some words derived from other languages that are normally used in
Tips
- · We recommend you to learn the Italian alphabet as your first step to learn Italian. It's much easier to understand people speaking Italian if you have a good handle of the sounds in our Italian alphabet
- · Also, you need to know well the alphabet because you may frequently need to spell your name or an address while talking on the phone or during a trip to
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