Γ

See also: γ, γ', 𐌲, Appendix:Variations of "g", and Appendix:Variations of “c”

Γ U+0393, Γ GREEK CAPITAL LETTER GAMMA ← Β [U+0392] Greek and Coptic Δ → [U+0394]

Translingual

Symbol

Γ

1. (mathematics) the gamma function (usually written as Γ-function). An extension of the factorial to complex numbers
2. (fluid mechanics) circulation

See also

• Γ on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Albanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡ(ə)/

Letter

Γ (G) (upper case Γ, lower case γ)

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

See also

• Greek script letters (script appendix): Α α, Β β, B b, 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 ^[edit]

• (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

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Phoenician 𐤂 (g, “gīml”).

Letter

Γ • (G) (uppercase, lowercase γ)

1. The letter gamma (γάμμα), the third letter of the ancient Greek alphabet.

Derived terms

• (Cyrillic) Г
• (Coptic) Ⲅ
• (Gothic) 𐌲

See also

• (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 (W) ϝ (w), Ͷ ͷ, Ͱ (H) ͱ (h), Ϻ (S) ϻ (s), Ϟ, ϟ, Ϙ (Q) ϙ (q), Ͳ (S) ͳ (s)
• (punctuation) · ;
• (diacritics) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨

Greek

Etymology

Derived from the Phoenician letter Gimel .

Letter

Γ • (G) (uppercase, lowercase γ)

1. The upper case letter gamma (γάμα or γάμμα), the third letter of the modern Greek alphabet.

Numeral

Γ • (G)

1. The number three in Greek numerals.

Derived terms

• ͵Γ (“the number 3000 in Greek numerals”)

See also

• (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 (W) ϝ (w), Ͷ ͷ, Ͱ (H) ͱ (h), Ϻ (S) ϻ (s), Ϟ, ϟ, Ϙ (Q) ϙ (q), Ͳ (S) ͳ (s)
• (punctuation) · ;
• (diacritics) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨

Tuareg

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕ/

Letter

Γ (lower case ʕ)

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

Xhosa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /x/

Letter

Γ (lower case ɼ)

1. Obsolete letter replaced by Rh.