{"id":176596773,"date":"2019-12-30T09:42:47","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T17:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/blog-new\/?p=176596773"},"modified":"2025-05-19T11:26:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T18:26:08","slug":"learn-the-italian-alphabet-and-additional-italian-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/blog\/learn-the-italian-alphabet-and-additional-italian-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn the Italian Alphabet and Additional Italian words"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first step in learning any language is learning the alphabet, and Italian is no exception. Let&#8217;s get stuck in!<\/p>\n<h2>Foreign Letters<\/h2>\n<p>The Italian alphabet only has 21 letters while the English alphabet has 26. However, those five additional letters can be seen in Italian only when using foreign words. Therefore, these letters are considered \u201cforeign letters\u201d.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-176597058 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-design-67.png\" alt=\"Learn the Italian Alphabet and Additional Italian words\" width=\"700\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-design-67.png 700w, https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-design-67-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-design-67-600x257.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><br \/>\nForeign letters can be found when using any word that has been adapted to the Italian language from another word. Most of these words are trendy words or even names of brands and companies that are well recognized around the world. The five foreign letters in the Italian alphabet are <strong>j, k, w, x, and y<\/strong>. You will never find a foreign letter in traditional Italian names.<\/p>\n<h2>Italian Alphabet and Pronunciation<\/h2>\n<p>Now let\u2019s that a look at the Italian alphabet, the pronunciation, and a word that starts with each letter.<br \/>\nIf you want to listen to the sounds of the letters,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/en\/learn\/it\/web\/lesson\/101617\" rel=\"\u201dnofollow\u201d\"> this lesson on LingQ is perfect. <\/a>Just work your way through the lesson, translating words and phrases and listening to a native Italian speaker pronounce the letters.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-176597060 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-design-68.png\" alt=\"Learn the Italian Alphabet and Additional Italian words on LingQ\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-design-68.png 1280w, https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-design-68-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-design-68-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-design-68-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-design-68-600x338.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><br \/>\nThe words and phrases you translate appear highlighted in future lessons until you learn them. The goal is to eventually open up new content, whether that be a YouTube video, novel or news story, and none of the words are highlighted. Give <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/en\/learn-italian-online\/\">learning Italian<\/a> on LingQ a try today with a free seven day trail of premium membership!<\/p>\n<p><strong>A- This letter is pronounced \u201cAah\u201d as in father.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Word example: asino (donkey)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>B- This letter is pronounced \u201cbee.\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Word example: bambini (children)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>C- This letter is pronounced \u201cchee\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Word example: Ciao (hello \/ goodbye)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>D- This letter is pronounced \u201cdee\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Word example: delfino (dolphin)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>E- This letter is pronounced \u201ceh\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Word example: elefante (elephant)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>F- This letter is pronounced \u201ceh-feh\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Word example: fiocco (bow)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>G- This letter is pronounced \u201cgee\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Word example: ghiaccio (ice)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>H- This letter is pronounced \u201cah-ka\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Word example: hotel (hotel)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I- This letter is pronounced \u201cee\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Word example: idratante (hydrating)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>L- This letter is pronounced \u201ceh-leh\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Word example: lungo (long)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>M- This letter is pronounced \u201ceh-meh\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Word example: mano (hand)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>N- This letter is pronounced \u201ceh-neh\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Word example: nascondere (hide)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>O- This letter is pronounced \u201coh\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Word example: orso (bear)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>P- This letter is pronounced \u201cpee\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Word example: pace (peace)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Q- This letter is pronounced \u201ckoo\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Word example: quadrato (square)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>R- This letter is pronounced \u201ceh-rreh\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Word example: rabbia (anger)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>S- This letter is pronounced \u201ceh-sseh\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Word example: sacro (holly)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>T- This letter is pronounced \u201ctea\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Word example: tavolo (table)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>U- This letter is pronounced \u201coo\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Word example: uva (grape)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>V- This letter is pronounced \u201cvee\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Word example: vacca (cow)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Z- This letter is pronounced \u201czeh-tah\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Word example: zaino (backpack)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/en\/learn-italian-online\/?utm_source=LingQ Blog&amp;utm_medium=banner&amp;utm_campaign=blogpost&amp;utm_content=LearntheItalianAlphabetandAdditionalItalianwords\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-176597787 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/lingq-girl.png\" alt=\"Learn Italian online at LingQ\" width=\"700\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/lingq-girl.png 700w, https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/lingq-girl-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/lingq-girl-600x257.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Customer Service Alphabet and Spelling Words Out Loud<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-176597057 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-design-1-1.png\" alt=\"Learn the Italian Alphabet and Additional Italian words\" width=\"700\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-design-1-1.png 700w, https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-design-1-1-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-design-1-1-600x257.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><br \/>\nIn English whenever spelling something out to someone on the phone or a customer service representative in person we have two ways of doing it. Either you use the military alphabet like Alpha, Bravo, Charlie&#8230; or you come up with whatever word starts with that letter like apple, banana, cactus, and so on. If you have ever worked in customer service, I\u2019m sure you have heard it all!<br \/>\nIn Italy, however, they use the name of Italian cities whenever they are spelling out something out loud. For the foreign letters, they use words instead.<br \/>\n<strong>A: Ancona<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>B: Bologna<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>C: Como<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>D: Domodossola<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>E: Empoli<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>F: Firenze<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>G: Genova<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>H: acca, or sometimes even hotel<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I: Imola<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>J: i lunga<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>K: kappa<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>L: Livorno<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>M: Milano<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>N: Napoli<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>O: Otranto<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>P: Palermo<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Q: Quarto, Quadro<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>R: Roma<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>S: Savona<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>T: Torino<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>U: Udine<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>V: Varese, Venezia<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>W: vu doppia, doppia vu<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>X: ics<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Y: ipsilon, y greca<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Z: zeta<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLn7iYKq-G3PJxYKg-fetkVORe0-qg8FnW\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-176600458 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Italian_Blog-Banner-2-1024x288.jpg\" alt=\"Learn Italian with the LingQ podcast\" width=\"870\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Italian_Blog-Banner-2-1024x288.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Italian_Blog-Banner-2-300x84.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Italian_Blog-Banner-2-768x216.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Italian_Blog-Banner-2-600x169.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Italian_Blog-Banner-2.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Learn Italian Faster Using LingQ<\/h2>\n<p>Immersing yourself in Italian doesn\u2019t require you to travel abroad or sign up for an expensive language program.<br \/>\nHowever, it can be a bit tiresome to find interesting content, go back and forth between sites, use different dictionaries to look up words, and so on.<br \/>\nThat\u2019s why there\u2019s LingQ. A language app that helps you discover and learn from content you love.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-176594394 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screenshot_20190703-111950.png\" alt=\"Learn Italian online with the LingQ app\" width=\"389\" height=\"820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screenshot_20190703-111950.png 389w, https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screenshot_20190703-111950-142x300.png 142w, https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screenshot_20190703-111950-300x632.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><br \/>\nYou can import videos, podcasts, and much more and turn them into interactive lessons.<br \/>\nKeep all your favourite Italian content stored in one place, easily look up new words, save vocabulary, and review. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/25\/complete-guide-importing-lingq\/\">Check out our guide to importing content into LingQ<\/a> for more information.<br \/>\nLingQ is available for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/en\/learn-italian-online\/\">desktop<\/a> as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.linguist&amp;hl=en_CA\">Android<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/lingq-learn-25-languages\/id379385811?mt=8\">iOS<\/a>. Gain access to thousands of hours of audio and transcripts and begin your journey to fluency today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">***<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Isabella Paz is a Colombian American who quit her corporate job to live her dream life in Florence, Italy. She is an experienced writer, translator, and e-commerce representative who has a passion for foreign languages.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first step in learning any language is learning the alphabet, and Italian is no exception. Let&#8217;s get stuck in! 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