How would you pronounce Cybele?

[BiscuitLover3678]

Sye as in your eye.

Sye -Bell or sye-Bee-Leh or sye-Bee-Lee

si-belle

With stress on second syllable and no great certainty that would be the right way

Sye-Bell was my first thought. Followed by possibly another spelling of Cybil

Ssib-EE-lie

I read it the same as Sibyl

@whatausername

I read it the same as Sibyl

Same

Thought it was just a different spelling

@Blossomandbee

Sye-Bell was my first thought. Followed by possibly another spelling of Cybil

This is what I thought too.

si-bell, but it's such an ugly spelling

I would say it like Sibyl but then with ee on the end. So like Emily but with Sib instead of Em.

Si-bell-eh with the si as in sit

Sih-bell

I thought Cybil was a homophones of Sybil (like Cybill Shepherd)

Cy wouldn’t be Sye would it?? I’d pronounce it like Cymbal or Cylinder so that (made up looking) name would be be like Cybil but more like Cy-belle

Si-bell

Sib-el-ee maybe.

I’d read it as sigh-beel (rhyming with eel) but I would know that was wrong and ask for a correct pronunciation.

Cuh-bay-lay

It’s Ancient Greek and definitely has a hard C

Si-bell

@Anoisagusaris

Cy wouldn’t be Sye would it??. Cycle

She's a rather terrifying goddess, worshipped in bloody festivals. Her priests castrated themselves:
www.theoi.com/Phrygios/Kybele.html

Kih-beh-ley if ancient Greek or Roman, Sih-buh-lee in the English language today or See-bell if French (with a long 'e' - grave accent)

Sy bell e

I don't like like it.

My first thought was kib-bailey. I was very much wondering where I got that pronunciation from until PlinkPLankPlunk and scottishnames came along!

The 'Kih' sound above is close to the first syllable of 'Kuh-beh-ley' in ancient pronouciation, as Plink suggests.

I think most would assume it’s an odd spelling of Sybil and assume you love Fawlty Towers

m.youtube.com/watch?v=rC6HWOJbeMY

Sye as eye
Bell

I also don’t like it