Vincenzo
ヴィンチェンツォ
Vinchentso
Also written ビンチェンツォ.
How It Is Said
- ヴィvi
- ンn
- チェche
- ンn
- ツォtso
Vinchentso: five 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 | ヴィンチェンツォ | Vinchentso | the usual form |
| ビンチェンツォ | Binchentso | also in use |
What Happens to the Sounds
- In Italian, c before e or i is said ch: チェ (che).
- Italian z is said ts: ツォ (tso).
- Japanese has no v. It is written ヴ (vu) and its row, ヴァ ヴィ ヴェ ヴォ, or more simply with the b row, バ ビ ブ ベ ボ: you will see both, ヴィンチェンツォ and ビンチェンツォ.
- A small kana joins the one before it into one beat: ヴィ (vi).
- ン is a humming n, and it counts as a beat of its own.
To Type It
On a computer with Japanese input switched on, type vinnchenntso (nn gives ン), 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 ヴィンチェンツォ 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
