Meaning

2 senses

  1. A combination of letters and numbers used to identify a radio or television station.

    Rufzeichen, Anrufzeichen, Stationskennung

    позывно́йpozyvnój

    позивни́йpozyvnýj

  2. 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.

    Rufname, Rufzeichen, Callsign

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Do you have a call sign?

    ruУ вас есть позывной? — odexed

    CM · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · A1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. I hope to contact other Esperantists through the radio, as I'm a radio amateur. My call sign is F5NQW.

    Eldad · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
letters used to identify a station:
Русский
By meaning 1
letters used to identify a station:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
letters used to identify a station:
unique identifier to military communications:

Forms

plural: call signs

Synonyms

2 synonyms
call lettersCS

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
calipercaliphatecallA2callacallerB1calligraphercalligraphy

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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