Mayday Definition
May·day (mā′dā′)
noun
the international radiotelephone signal for help, used by ships and aircraft in distress
Etymology: prob. short for Fr (venez) m'aider, (come) help me
Mayday Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- weekend: UK Indymedia | Chaos Mass: Mayday weekend in Manchester starts.. .
- call: December 06 1973 At 06:12 in the morning a mayday call was reported by Wick radio.
- message: A mayday relay message was also broadcast to all shipping.
- relay: A mayday relay was also broadcast to vessels in the vicinity.
- celebration: Mayday celebrations thus continued there with more music and.. .
- system: Whatever solution is selected, the support by automatic mayday systems should be available to any operator involved.
Noun used with modifier
- vehicle: This information will help in distinguishing between various vehicle Mayday systems such as passenger car systems, commercial vehicle systems or portable systems.
- word: On January 31st at 13.30hrs, a spoken word mayday call was received from the same ' vessel ' reporting that she was sinking.

