"mayday" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmeɪ.deɪ/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-mayday.ogg , En-au-mayday.ogg Forms: maydays [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪdeɪ Head templates: {{en-noun}} mayday (plural maydays)
  1. An international distress signal used by shipping and aircraft. Wikipedia link: mayday Synonyms: Mayday Related terms: distress signal, pan-pan, SOS Translations (international distress signal used by shipping and aircraft): 遇險信號 (Chinese Mandarin), 遇险信号 (yùxiǎn xìnhào) (Chinese Mandarin), hätäkutsu (Finnish), mayday (French), SOS (French), σήμα κινδύνου (síma kindýnou) [neuter] (Greek), сигна́л бе́дствия (signál bédstvija) (Russian), радиосигнал бе́дствия (radiosignal bédstvija) (Russian), сигна́л "терплю бедствие" (signál "terplju bedstvije") (Russian)

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