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may·day  (md)
n.
An international radiotelephone signal word used by aircraft and ships in distress.

[From French (venez) m'aider, (come) help me!.]

Mayday [ˈmeɪˌdeɪ]
n
(Electronics & Computer Science / Communications & Information) the international radiotelephone distress signal
[phonetic spelling of French m'aidez help me]

Distress call.
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Noun1.mayday - an internationally recognized distress signal via radiotelephone (from the French m'aider)Mayday - an internationally recognized distress signal via radiotelephone (from the French m'aider)
distress call, distress signal - an internationally recognized signal sent out by a ship or plane indicating that help is needed
Translations
Mayday [ˈmeɪdeɪ] N (= distress call) → socorro m, SOS m

mayday Mayday [ˈmeɪdeɪ] n (= signal) → SOS m, S.O.S. m

mayday [ˈmeɪˌdeɪ] n (Aer, Naut) → mayday m inv, S.O.S. m inv

mayday
n mayday [ˈmeidei]
the international distress signal sent out by ships and aircraft The ship sent out a mayday (signal) before it sank. meidei إشارة تُطْلِقُها السَّفينَه أو الطائِرَه على أنها في ضائِقَه помощ volání o pomoc mayday; nødsignal das Mayday-Signal σήμα κινδύνου señal de socorro, S.O.S. appikutsesignaal پیام اضطراری hätäsanoma S.O.S. הָצִילוּ! मई दिवस, रेडियो संसूचक poziv za pomoć u opasnosti SOS (jel) panggilan S.O.S. mayday (alþjóðl. neyðarkall) S.O.S. 救難信号 국제 무선 전화 구조 신호 nelaimės signalas, SOS briesmu signāls, SOS minta bantuan noodsignaal mayday (nødsignal) S.O.S. sinal de alarme S.O.S. сигнал бедствия S.O.S. S.O.S. upomoć mayday สัญญาณขอความช่วยเหลือจากเรือ, เครื่องบิน tehlike işareti; İmdat! 救難信號 сигнал біди جہاز کے ذریعہ مصیبت کے وقت دیے جانے والے ریڈیائی پیغام کے اشارتی الفاظ tín hiệu cấp cứu


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