# Italian pronunciation of Patricia and Beatrice

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**Created:** [September 5, 2011, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-pronunciation-of-patricia-and-beatrice/595307 "2011-09-05T21:26:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-pronunciation-of-patricia-and-beatrice/595307/1 "2011-09-05T21:26:10Z")

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Is it “Pa trich chia” and “Be a tri chia”? Or the way we pronounce them??

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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-pronunciation-of-patricia-and-beatrice/595307/2 "2011-09-05T21:30:41Z")

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IANI, but I can tell you that neither would be pronounced like we (I) do. Even Patricia, which I would pronounce pa-TRISH-a.

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**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-pronunciation-of-patricia-and-beatrice/595307/3 "2011-09-05T21:37:00Z")

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I’m not sure I understand your question.

Anyway, all I have to offer is that the Italian version of Patricia is “Patrizia”.

As for “Beatrice”, maybe this can help: [Beatrice Portinari - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrice_Portinari).

Oh, wait, there’s also this: [How to pronounce Beatrice in English - Definition of Beatrice in English](http://www.forvo.com/word/beatrice/).

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**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-pronunciation-of-patricia-and-beatrice/595307/4 "2011-09-05T22:11:29Z")

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Patricia would be Patrizia , pronounced “pat-REE-tzee-ah”

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**Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-pronunciation-of-patricia-and-beatrice/595307/5 "2011-09-05T22:16:16Z")

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> [@doreen](#):
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> Patricia would be Patrizia , pronounced “pat-REE-tzee-ah”

Wouldn’t it be pa-TREE-tzee-ah or pa-TREET-zee-ah

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**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-pronunciation-of-patricia-and-beatrice/595307/6 "2011-09-05T22:44:03Z")

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> [@John\_Mace](#):
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> Wouldn’t it be pa-TREE-tzee-ah or pa-TREET-zee-ah

You’re right, it’s pa-TREE-tzee-ah

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**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-pronunciation-of-patricia-and-beatrice/595307/7 "2011-09-06T01:01:37Z")

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And it’s “Bay-AH-tree-chay”.

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**Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-pronunciation-of-patricia-and-beatrice/595307/8 "2011-09-06T04:10:10Z")

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> [@doreen](#):
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> You’re right, it’s pa-TREE-tzee-ah

Nope. Only three syllables. /pa 'tri tsja/.

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**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-pronunciation-of-patricia-and-beatrice/595307/9 "2011-09-07T04:27:06Z")

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To be scrupulously accurate, the pronunciation includes _raddoppiamento_ (phonosyntactic consonant doubling) on the _z_ (so that it sounds like [tts] instead of just [ts]):

[[pa’trittsja]](http://www.wordreference.com/iten/patrizia)

Still only 3 syllables, anyhow.

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**Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-pronunciation-of-patricia-and-beatrice/595307/10 "2011-09-07T05:17:03Z")

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> [@Johanna](#):
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> Nope. Only three syllables. /pa 'tri tsja/.

This is how my Italian family says my mom’s name, for what it’s worth.