How English & Other Foreign Loanwords Are Pronounced in Greek

In the past, weโ€™ve seen how Greek loanwords are actually pronounced in Greek. Today, Helinika reveals how Greeks pronounce English and other foreign loanwords. Keep in mind that most of these words have a Greek equivalent โ€“ for example, ยซฮฑฯƒฮฑฮฝฯƒฮญฯยป has a Greek synonym named ยซฮฑฮฝฮตฮปฮบฯ…ฯƒฯ„ฮฎฯฮฑฯ‚ยป, while ยซฮบฮฟฮผฯ€ฮนฮฟฯฯ„ฮตฯยป can also be ยซฯ…ฯ€ฮฟฮปฮฟฮณฮนฯƒฯ„ฮฎฯ‚ยป.

How Greeks Pronounce Foreign Loanwords:

  • ฮœฯ€ฮญฮนฮบฮฟฮฝ
  • ฮ‘ฯƒฮฑฮฝฯƒฮญฯ
  • ฮ“ฮบฮฌฮปฮฟฯ€
  • ฮ“ฮบฮฌฮผฮฑ
  • ฮŠฮฝฯ„ฮตฯฮฝฮตฯ„
  • ฮšฮฟฮปฮตฮพฮนฯŒฮฝ
  • ฮšฮฑฮผฯ€ฮฌฮฝฮนฮฑ
  • ฮšฮฟฯ…ฮป
  • ฮšฮฟฮผฯ€ฮนฮฟฯฯ„ฮตฯ
  • ฮœฮฑฮบฮนฮณฮนฮฌฮถ
  • ฮ›ฮฟฯ…ฮบ
  • ฮœฮฌฮฝฮฑฯ„ฮถฮตฯ
  • ฮœฮฟฮฝฯ„ฮฌฮถ
  • ฮœฮฑฮฝฮนฯ†ฮญฯƒฯ„ฮฟ
  • ฮฯ„ฮนฮถฮฌฮนฮฝ
  • ฮฯ„ฮตฮบฯŒฯ
  • ฮฯ„ฮฟฮบฮนฮผฮฑฮฝฯ„ฮญฯ
  • ฮกฮตฯ€ฯŒฯฯ„ฮตฯ
  • ฮกฮฟฯฯ„ฮตฯ
  • ฮฃฮฌฮนฯ„
  • ฮฃฮปฯŒฮณฮบฮฑฮฝ
  • ฮฃฮญฯฮฒฮนฯ‚
  • ฮฃฮฟฮบ
  • ฮฃฮฟฯฯ€ฮตฯ-ฮœฮฌฯฮบฮตฯ„
  • ฮฃฯŒฯฮน
  • ฮฃฯ„ฮนฮป
  • ฮฃฯ„ฮฟฮบ
  • ฮคฮฑฮฝฮบ
  • ฮฆฮฑฯƒฯ„-ฮฆฮฟฯ…ฮฝฯ„
  • ฮฆฮฟฯฮผฮฌฯ„
  • ฮงฯŒฮผฯ€ฮน

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