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


'''[[xerophthalmia|xerophthálmia]]
'''[[xerophthalmia|xerophthálmia]]''' z-


'''Xêrox''' *Zêerócks
'''Xêrox''' *Zêrócks


'''Xhôsa''' *Kôza
'''Xhôsa''' *Kôza


'''Xín'''-, from Chinese, Sh-
'''''' ''Jinping'' = '''shê''' ''her''


'''Xinhuà''' *Shín-hwà
'''Xinhuà''' *Shín-hwà


'''Xinjiáng'''  
'''Xinjiáng''' *Shín-jáng


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


'''X-rây''' *éxray
'''X-rây''' *éxray


'''xŷlophone''' z-
'''xŷlophone''' z-

Latest revision as of 20:22, 8 May 2016

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 z-

Xêrox *Zêrócks

Xhôsa *Kôza

Jinping = shê her

Xinhuà *Shín-hwà

Xinjiáng *Shín-jáng

Xmas *Éxməs, or = Chrístmas

X-rây *éxray

xŷlophone z-