Pronunciation Key

 

 

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Pronunciation Key

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Animagi = Ani-MAGE-eye

Animagus = Ani-MAGE-us

Aragog = AIR-a-gog

Azkaban = AZ-ka-ban

basilisk = BAS-il-isk

Beauxbatons = BO- ba-tons (silent x)

bogies = BOW-gees  (hard g)

Cornelius = cor-NEEL-ee-us

crocheted = crow-SHAYED

Daedalus Diggle = DEED-a-lus DIG-gle

Dobby = DAUB-ee

Draco Malfoy = DRAY-co  MAL-foy 

en suite = ON sweet

Erised = AIR-i-sed

Errol = AIR-il

Eyelops = Eye-lops

Fawkes = Fox or Forks (depends on what part of England you are from)

Firenze = Fear-EN-zee

gateau = ga - TOE

Ginny = JIN-nee  (shortened name of Virginia)

gnomes = nomes

Gryffindor = GRIFF-in-door

Hagrid = HAG-rid

Hermes = HER mees

Hermione = Her-MY-on-nee

knuts = nuts (British) or K'noots (American)

Lucius Malfoy = LOO-cius or LOO-shus MAL-foy

McGonagall = ma-GONE-a-gull

Madam Malkin = Madam MAL-kin

mauve = Mowve (same purple color)

Majorca = Ma-YORK-a  (Spanish resort)                               

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Mirror of Erised = Mirror of AIR-i-sed

Muggles = MUG-els

Neville = NEV-ill

Oy! or Oi! = OI!   as in BOY! (means Hey You!)

Patronus = Pa-TRONE-us

pasty = PAST-ee  (short "a" like in FAST)

Penelope = pe-NEL-o-pea

Pomfrey = POM-free

Privet Drive = PRi-vet (short "i" like in TRIVET)

Quidditch = KWID-itch

Rubeus = Roo-BAY-us

row = rao  rhymes with "cow" 

Seamus Finnigan = SHAY-mus  FIN-i-gan

Scabbers = SCAB-ers   (short a sound)

Sirius Black = SEAR-ee-ous Black

Slytherin = SLiTH-er-in  (short i sound)

traipsed = TRAYpst

Voldemort = VOLE-de-more (silent T at the end)  [Morte = French for death]

Whinging = WIN-jing

 

 

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