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'''Xmas''' = '''Chrístmas''', though the short version's detractors may pronounce it *Éxmas
'''Xmas''' = '''Chrístmas''', though the short version's detractors may pronounce it *Éxmas


'''X-ray''' *éxrây
'''X-rây''' *éxray


'''xŷlophone''' z-
'''xŷlophone''' z-

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Use in English
Alphabetical word list
Retroalphabetical list  
Common misspellings  


This page lists pronunciations of English words that begin with X. To see a different letter navigate with the table above. The apostrophe is treated as the last letter of the alphabet, after Z.

For a pronunciation key, click on the blue "Catalogs" link below the article title.[e]


X = éx- past

Xánadu Z-

xénophobe z-

xenophôbia zé-, AmE also zê-

Xénophon author Z-; ‘xénophône’ if it existed would mean a speaker of a foreign language

xerophthálmia

Xêrox Z-

Xhôsa K-

Xín-, from Chinese, Sh-

Xinhuà *Shín-hwà

Xinjiáng

Xmas = Chrístmas, though the short version's detractors may pronounce it *Éxmas

X-rây *éxray

xŷlophone z-