mayday angl.

mɛdɛ

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Definition of mayday - Reverso French Dictionary

Interjection

secours

TECH.

appel de détresse urgent signalant une situation de danger grave ou mortel

TECH.

Mayday, mayday, mayday, nous sommes en détresse et avons besoin d'aide immédiate !

au secours

détresse

Noun, masculine

urgence vitale

TECH.

appel radio de secours envoyé en danger de mort

TECH.

Un mayday a été lancé par le pilote.

appel de détresse

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Origin of mayday

anglais, mayday (cri de détresse)

Examples of mayday in a sentence

Mayday, moteur en feu, nous demandons un atterrissage immédiat !
Un mayday a été intercepté par le centre de contrôle maritime.
Les radios sont restées silencieuses, aucun mayday n’a été enregistré cette nuit.

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English:mayday, distress call, ...
German:Mayday, Mayday-Ruf, ...
Italian:mayday, segnale di soccorso, ...
Spanish:señal internacional de socorro por radio, mayday, ...
Portuguese:mayday, pedido de socorro, ...
Chinese:救命, 无线电求救信号, ...
Japanese:メーデー, 遭難信号, ...
Arabic:مايداي, نِداء اِسْتِغاثَة, ...
Hebrew:מֵיידֵיי, קְרִיאַת מַצּוּקָה, ...
Russian:мэйдэй, сигнал бедствия, ...
Ukrainian:мейдей, сигнал мейдей, ...
Catalan:mayday, senyal de socors, ...
Danish:mayday, nødkald, ...
Dutch:mayday, maydayoproep, ...
Greek:mayday, κλήση έκτακτης ανάγκης, ...
Hungarian:mayday, mayday-vészjelzés, ...
Khmer:ម៉េដេ, សញ្ញាអាសន្នមេដេ, ...
Korean:메이데이, 긴급 구조 신호, ...
Polish:mayday, sygnał alarmowy, ...
Portuguese (BR):mayday, chamado mayday, ...
Romanian:Mayday, apel SOS, ...
Swedish:mayday, nödanrop, ...
Thai:เมย์เดย์, สัญญาณเมย์เดย์, ...
Turkish:uluslararası acil durum çağrısı, mayday çağrısı, ...
Vietnamese:mayday, tín hiệu cấp cứu, ...

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Definition of mayday - Reverso French Dictionary

Interjection

Noun, masculine

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