Macrons (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū)

[Whodunit]

Hi how would you translate the word "macron" into French? A macron is a long above vowels. If you have Latin in school, maybe you know the word Rōmānus/Rōmāna (means in French: Romain[e]). And you'll find it in Latvian place names, such as Liepāja, Jūrmala etc.
You can also use macrons in phonetic transcriptions (IPA), there're ā, ē, ī, ō, ū
And how d'ye call it in France?

And what about the German ‹ß›? We Germans say ‹Eszett› like s (say es) and z (say zett). E.g. How would you spell it in French:
S-t-r-a-ß-e ? (means in French: rue)

Please help!
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[OlivierG]

Hi how would you translate the word "macron" into French? A macron is a long above vowels. If you have Latin in school, maybe you know the word Rōmānus/Rōmāna (means in French: Romain[e]). And you'll find it in Latvian place names, such as Liepāja, Jūrmala etc.
You can also use macrons in phonetic transcriptions (IPA), there're ā, ē, ī, ō, ū
And how d'ye call it in France?

We call it "macron".

And what about the German ‹ß›? We Germans say ‹Eszett› like s (say es) and z (say zett). E.g. How would you spell it in French:
S-t-r-a-ß-e ? (means in French: rue)

we call it "Eszett"
Straße would be spelled :
Esse - Té - Erre - Ah - Eszett - Euh
But probably you will have to tell :
- Esse
- Té
- Erre
- Ah
- Eszett, vous savez, la lettre allemande qui ressemble un peu au beta grec
- Euh