distress signal

English

Noun

distress signal (plural distress signals)

1. an emergency signal sent by radio (or other means) from a ship or aircraft in distress or danger.

Related terms

• mayday

Translations

emergency signal

• Danish: nødsignal n
• Finnish: hätämerkki (fi)
• Hungarian: vészjelzés (hu)
• Italian: segnale di pericolo
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nødsignal n

  Nynorsk: nødsignal n, naudsignal n

References

• “distress signal”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.