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A combination of letters and numbers used to identify a radio or television station.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: broadcasting, media
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: call letters
Antonyms: none provided
Any combination of characters or pronounceable words, which identifies a communication facility, a command, an authority, an activity, or a unit; used primarily for establishing and maintaining communications.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, military, politics, war
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: CS
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
47 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
رَمْز نِدَاء
(ramz nidāʔ)
— letters used to identify a station
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Belarusian:
пазыўны́
(pazywný)
— letters used to identify a station
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Bulgarian:
повиква́телен знак
(povikvátelen znak)
— letters used to identify a station
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Chinese Mandarin:
無線電呼號 /无线电呼号
(wúxiàndiàn hūhào)
— letters used to identify a station
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Czech:
volací znak
— letters used to identify a station
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Czech:
volací značka
— letters used to identify a station
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Danish:
kaldesignal
— letters used to identify a station
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Dutch:
roepletters
— letters used to identify a station
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Faroese:
kallitekin
— letters used to identify a station
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Finnish:
kutsumerkki
— letters used to identify a station
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Finnish:
kutsutunnus
— letters used to identify a station
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French:
indicatif d'appel
— letters used to identify a station
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French:
indicatif
— letters used to identify a station
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Galician:
indicativo
— letters used to identify a station
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German:
Rufzeichen
— letters used to identify a station
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German:
Anrufzeichen
— letters used to identify a station
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German:
Stationskennung
— letters used to identify a station
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Greek:
σημάδι κλήσης
(simádi klísis)
— letters used to identify a station
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Hungarian:
hívójel
— letters used to identify a station
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Icelandic:
kallmerki
— letters used to identify a station
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Italian:
segnale di chiamata
— letters used to identify a station
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Italian:
indicativo di chiamata
— letters used to identify a station
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Japanese:
呼出符号
(yobidashi fugō)
— letters used to identify a station
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Japanese:
識別信号
(shikibetsu shingō)
— letters used to identify a station
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Japanese:
コールサイン
(kōru sain)
— letters used to identify a station
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Korean:
호출부호
(hochulbuho)
— letters used to identify a station
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Korean:
콜사인
(kolsain)
— letters used to identify a station
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Latin:
indicativum
— letters used to identify a station
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Norwegian Bokmål:
kallesignal
— letters used to identify a station
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Norwegian Bokmål:
anrop
— letters used to identify a station
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
kallesignal
— letters used to identify a station
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
tilrop
— letters used to identify a station
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Iranian Persian:
شِناسِهٔ تَماس
— letters used to identify a station
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Iranian Persian:
عَلامَتِ تَماس
— letters used to identify a station
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Polish:
znak wywoławczy
— letters used to identify a station
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Portuguese:
indicativo
— letters used to identify a station
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Romanian:
indicativ de apel
— letters used to identify a station
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Russian:
позывно́й
(pozyvnój)
— letters used to identify a station
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Slovak:
volacia značka
— letters used to identify a station
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Slovak:
volací znak
— letters used to identify a station
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Spanish:
indicativo
— letters used to identify a station
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Swedish:
anropssignal
— letters used to identify a station
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Turkish:
çağrı kodu
— letters used to identify a station
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Ukrainian:
позивни́й
(pozyvnýj)
— letters used to identify a station
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German:
Rufname
— unique identifier to military communications
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German:
Rufzeichen
— unique identifier to military communications
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German:
Callsign
— unique identifier to military communications