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 Definitions of mayday  [ˈmeɪˌdeɪ]  

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Definition of 'mayday' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) Mayday
an international radiotelephone distress call.

Etymology:  (1925–30; < F (venez)m'aider (come) help me!)

Definition of 'mayday' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) Mayday
an internationally recognized distress signal via radiotelephone (from the French m'aider)


Definition of 'mayday' Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms 

1.  mayday
Distress call.


Translation of 'mayday' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the international distress signal sent out by ships and aircraft
The ship sent out a mayday (signal) before it sank.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: meidei Arabic flag Arabic: إشارة تُطْلِقُها السَّفين Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: помощ
Brazilian flag Brazilian: sinal de alarme Czech flag Czech: volání o pomoc German flag German: das Mayday-Signal
Danish flag Danish: mayday; nødsignal Greek flag Greek: σήμα κινδύνου Spanish flag Spanish: señal de socorro, S.O.S.
Estonian flag Estonian: appikutsesignaal Farsi flag Farsi: پیام اضطراری Finnish flag Finnish: mayday
French flag French: S.O.S. Hebrew flag Hebrew: הָצִילוּ! Hindi flag Hindi: मई दिवस, रेडियो संसूचक
Croatian flag Croatian: poziv za pomoć u opasnost Hungarian flag Hungarian: SOS (jel) Indonesian flag Indonesian: panggilan S.O.S.
Icelandic flag Icelandic: mayday (alþjóðl. neyðarka Italian flag Italian: S.O.S. Japanese flag Japanese: 救難信号
Korean flag Korean: 국제 무선 전화 구조 신호 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: nelaimės signalas, SOS Latvian flag Latvian: briesmu signāls, SOS
Malay flag Malay: minta bantuan Dutch flag Dutch: noodsignaal Norwegian flag Norwegian: mayday (nødsignal)
Polish flag Polish: S.O.S. Persian flag Persian: پیام اضطراری Pashto flag Pashto: اضطرارى پيغام
Portuguese flag Portuguese: sinal de alarme Romanian flag Romanian: S.O.S. Russian flag Russian: сигнал бедствия
Slovak flag Slovak: S.O.S. Slovenian flag Slovenian: S.O.S. Serbian flag Serbian: upomoć
Swedish flag Swedish: mayday Thai flag Thai: สัญญาณขอความช่วยเหลือจากเ Turkish flag Turkish: tehlike işareti; İmdat!
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 求救信號 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: сигнал біди Urdu flag Urdu: جہاز کے ذریعہ مصیبت کے وق
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: tín hiệu cấp cứu Chinese flag Chinese: 求救难信号(国际遇险无线电呼救信号)

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