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Pronunciation Guide
If you want to know how to pronounce (or the definition) a word or name in the Harry Potter books that isn't on this list, submit it.
The word you want to know how to pronouce or the definition to:
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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)
Blimey = BLIM-ee (long I as in lime)(Means an "exclamation of surprise")
Bogies = BO-gees (hard g)

Cornelius = cor-neel-ee-us
Crocheted = crow-SHAYED (Means to knit)

Deadalus Diggle = DEED-a-lus DIG-gle
Dobby = DAUB-ee
Draco Malfoy = DRAY-co MAL-foy

En suite = ON-sweet (means “in, or as part of, a series or set”)
Erised = AIR-i-sed
Errol = AIR-il
Eyelops = Eye-lops

Fawkes = Faux
Firenze = Fear-EN-zee

Gateau = ga-TOE (Is a cake filled with custard or mousse)
Ginny = JIN-nee (shortened name of Virginia)
Gnomes = nomes
Gryffindor = GRIFF-in-door

Hagrid = HAG-rid
Hermes = HER-mees
Hermione = Her-MY-nee

Knuts = nuts

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

McGonagall = mu-GONE-a-gull
Madam Malkin = Madam MAL-kin
Mauve = mowv (color purple)
Majorca = Ma-YORK-a (Spanish resort)
Muggles = MUG-gulls

Neville = NEV-ill

Oy! = Oy as in boy (means Hey You! The Weasleys always say it)

Parvati Patil= Par (like a par in golf) vay-tee  Pat-til (short i)
Patronus = Pa-TRONE-us
Pasty = PAST-ee (short “a” like in fast) or payst-ee (long “a” like in pay) (Is a meat pie)
Penelope = pe-NEL-e-pee (“e” as in penny)
Pomfrey = POM-free
Privet Drive = pri-vet (short “i” as in trivet)

Quidditch = KWID-itch

Rubeus = Roo-BAY-us
Row = rhymes with “cow” (means a “noisy quarrel”)

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 (Means to walk or wander)

Voldemort = VOLE-de-mort

Whinging = WIN-jing
Last Updated 7-16-03