# γ

| γ | U+03B3, &#947; GREEK SMALL LETTER GAMMA |
| ← β [U+03B2] | Greek and Coptic | δ → [U+03B4] |
| 𝛾 | U+1D6FE, &#120574; MATHEMATICAL ITALIC SMALL GAMMA |
| ← 𝛽 [U+1D6FD] | Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols | 𝛿 → [U+1D6FF] |

## Translingual
### Symbol

γ
* (mathematics) the Euler-Mascheroni constant
* (physics) photon, gamma ray
* (physics) Lorentz factor
* (thermodynamics) The heat capacity ratio.
    Synonym: k
* (UPA) a voiced velar fricative (IPA [ɣ]).
* (Cyrillic, phonetics) a voiced velar fricative (IPA [ɣ]).

#### See also

* γ on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
See gamma for the name of this letter in other languages.

## Albanian
### Pronunciation

IPA: /ɡ(ə)/

### Letter

γ (g) (upper case Γ, lower case γ)
* 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
* (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

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

### Letter

γ • (g) (lowercase, uppercase Γ)
* 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.

#### Derived terms

* γ’ (g’), ,γ (,g)

#### Descendants

* 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)

#### 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
### Pronunciation

* As a single consonant, a fricative IPA: [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).

### Letter

γ • (g) (lowercase, uppercase Γ)
* 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.

#### 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) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨

## Wakhi
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʁ/

### Letter

γ (upper case Y) [the capital is actually a large ⟨γ⟩]
* A letter of the Wakhi alphabet, written in the Latin script.