Beatrice
ベアトリーチェ
Beatorīche
How It Is Said
- ベbe
- アa
- トto
- リri
- ーi
- チェche
Beatorīche: six beats, each about the same length. Japanese has no strong stress, so the name is said evenly, beat by beat.
By Language
| Language | Katakana | Rōmaji | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italian | ベアトリーチェ | Beatorīche | |
| French (Béatrice) | ベアトリス | Beatorisu |
What Happens to the Sounds
- In Italian, c before e or i is said ch: チェ (che).
- The stressed vowel of an Italian name is often written long in katakana: リー (rī).
- The Japanese r is a light tap of the tongue, like the quick t in an American "water": リ (ri).
- In French, Béatrice is written ベアトリス (Beatorisu), closer to how it is said there.
Dante's Beatrice is ベアトリーチェ in Japanese, after the Italian.
To Type It
On a computer with Japanese input switched on, type beatori-che (the - key gives the bar ー), then press F7 on Windows or Control+K on a Mac to turn it into katakana. On a phone, type the same letters with the Japanese keyboard and choose ベアトリーチェ among the suggestions.
The Same Name in Other Languages
Why Katakana
In Japan, names from abroad are written in katakana, the script for words from other languages. Kanji versions of Western names are mostly invented, and a Japanese reader often sees odd meanings in them; the katakana is what a Japanese person would really write. More on katakana and names
