Only the other day in a railway accident, without the time to send out a mayday, many people lost their lives.
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Mayday
Synonyms for "mayday" (44 found)
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Related words (22)
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9 translations across 6 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 遇險信號 /遇险信号 noun (international distress signal used by shipping and aircraft)
Finnish
1 entries- hätäkutsu noun (international distress signal used by shipping and aircraft)
French
2 entries- SOS noun (international distress signal used by shipping and aircraft)
- mayday noun (international distress signal used by shipping and aircraft)
Greek
1 entries- σήμα κινδύνου noun (international distress signal used by shipping and aircraft)
Japanese
1 entries- メーデー noun (international distress signal used by shipping and aircraft)
Russian
3 entries- радиосигнал бе́дствия noun (international distress signal used by shipping and aircraft)
- сигна́л "терплю бедствие" noun (international distress signal used by shipping and aircraft)
- сигна́л бе́дствия noun (international distress signal used by shipping and aircraft)
Sample sentences
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The emergency call "Mayday" comes from the French sentence, "Venez m'aider."
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Mayday, mayday!
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Mayday, Mayday!
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