distress signal

English

Noun

distress signal (plural distress signals)

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

Related terms

mayday

Translations

emergency signal

Finnish: hätämerkki (fi)
Hungarian: vészjelzés (hu)
Italian: segnale di pericolo

Norwegian:
Bokmål: nødsignal n

Nynorsk: nødsignal n, naudsignal n

References

“distress signal” (US) / “distress signal” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.

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