Mayday
noun
noun ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An international distress signal used by shipping and aircraft.
""Odd that she hasn't sent out a Mayday." "That is curious. Her radio must be disabled.""
- 2 Alternative form of mayday. alt-of, alternative
- 3 an internationally recognized distress signal via radiotelephone wordnet
Example
More examples"Only the other day in a railway accident, without the time to send out a mayday, many people lost their lives."
Etymology
From the distress signal mayday, from French m'aider, short for Venez m'aider! (“Come to help me!”).