γ U+03B3, γ GREEK SMALL LETTER GAMMA ← β [U+03B2] Greek and Coptic δ → [U+03B4]

γ

1. (mathematics) the Euler-Mascheroni constant
2. (physics) photon, gamma ray
3. (physics) Lorentz factor
4. (UPA) a voiced velar fricative (IPA [ɣ]).

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See gamma for the name of this letter in other languages.

IPA^(key): /ɡ(ə)/

γ (g) (upper case Γ, lower case γ)

1. The 4th letter of the Arvanitic Albanian Greek-script alphabet.

• (Greek-script letters) Α α, Β β, Ƃ ƅ, Γ γ, Γϳ γϳ, Δ δ, D d, Ε ε, Ε̱ ε̱, Ζ ζ, Ζ̇ ζ̇, Θ θ, Ι ι, Ϳ ϳ, Κ κ, Κ̇ κ̇, Λ λ, ΛΛ λλ, Λ̇ λ̇, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ν̇ ν̇, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Ρ̇ ρ̇, Σ σ, Σ̈ σ̈, Τ τ, Ȣ ȣ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Χ̇ χ̇, ΤΣ τσ, ΤΣ̈ τσ̈, DΣ dσ, DΣ̈ dσ̈
• (Latin-script letters) shkronjë; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, Dh dh, E e, Ë ë, F f, G g, Gj gj, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, Nj nj, O o, P p, Q q, R r, Rr rr, S s, Sh sh, T t, Th th, U u, V v, X x, Xh xh, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

Derived from its majuscule counterpart Γ (G), from the Phoenician letter 𐤂 (g, “gimel”).

γ • (g) (lowercase, uppercase Γ)

1. Lower-case gamma, the third letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. Its name was γάμμα and it represented a voiced velar stop: /ɡ/; before velars, it represented a velar nasal: /ŋ/. It is preceded by β and followed by δ.

• γ' (g'), ,γ (,g)

• g, G (Roman)
• c, C (Roman)
• г, Г (Cyrillic)
• ⲅ, Ⲅ (Coptic)
• ɣ (IPA)
• Ⰳ, ⰳ (Glagolitic)

• English: γ-ray, γ-globulin
• Greek: γ (g)

• (Greek-script letters) Α α, Β β, Γ γ, Δ δ, Ε ε, Ζ ζ, Η η, Θ θ, Ι ι, Κ κ, Λ λ, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ξ ξ, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Σ σ ς, Τ τ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Ψ ψ, Ω ω
• (non-Classical letters) Ϝ ϝ, Ͷ ͷ, Ͱ ͱ, Ϻ ϻ, Ϙ ϙ, Ͳ ͳ
• (punctuation) · ;
• (diacritics) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨

• As a single consonant, a fricative IPA^(key): [ɣ] (or [ʝ] before a front vowel).
• ⟨γγ⟩ is [ŋɡ] ([ɲɟ] before a front vowel); commonly reduced to [ɡ] (or [ɟ]) in informal speech. The gamma remains a fricative ([ŋɣ] or [ɲʝ]) in some words, e.g. εγγενής, έγγραφο, συγγραφέας.
• ⟨γκ⟩ is [ɡ] word-initially and in some loanwords, [ŋɡ] otherwise; commonly reduced to [ɡ] in informal speech.
• ⟨γξ⟩ is [ŋks].
• ⟨γχ⟩ is [ŋx] (or [ɲç] before a front vowel).

γ • (g) (lowercase, uppercase Γ)

1. Lower-case gamma, the third letter of the modern Greek alphabet. Its name is γάμμα or γάμα. It is preceded by β and followed by δ.

• (Greek-script letters) Α α, Β β, Γ γ, Δ δ, Ε ε, Ζ ζ, Η η, Θ θ, Ι ι, Κ κ, Λ λ, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ξ ξ, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Σ σ ς, Τ τ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Ψ ψ, Ω ω
• (non-Classical letters) Ϝ ϝ, Ͷ ͷ, Ͱ ͱ, Ϻ ϻ, Ϙ ϙ, Ͳ ͳ
• (punctuation) · ;
• (diacritics) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨

• IPA^(key): /ʁ/

γ (upper case Y) [the capital is actually a large ⟨γ⟩]

1. A letter of the Wakhi alphabet, written in the Latin script.