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10 Language-to-English DictionariesMayday
/ˈmeɪ.deɪ/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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An international radio distress call used by ships and aircraft.
"The pilot broadcast a frantic mayday before the engine completely failed."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Phonetic corruption of the French 'm'aidez' or 'venez m'aider', meaning 'help me' or 'come help me', adopted internationally as the voice radio distress signal in 1927.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Mayday" is said worldwide
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Mayday
Transliteration: Mayday
"Le capitaine a lancé un mayday à la radio."
Mayday
Transliteration: Mayday
"Das Schiff sendete ein Mayday-Signal aus."
Mayday
Transliteration: Mayday
"L'aereo ha trasmesso un mayday prima di precipitare."
mayday
Transliteration: mayday
"La embarcación emitió un mayday pidiendo auxilio."
mayday
Transliteration: mayday
"O piloto transmitiu um mayday de emergência."
मे-डे
Transliteration: me-de
"जहाज ने संकट के समय मे-डे संदेश भेजा।"
五月day
Transliteration: wǔyuè day
Script: 求救信号
"飞行员在无线电中呼叫了求救信号（mayday）。"
메이데이
Transliteration: meidei
"조종사는 무선으로 메이데이를 타원했습니다."
メーデー
Transliteration: mēdē
"パイロットは無線でメーデーを呼んだ。"
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