call sign

See also: callsign

English

Examples (military call signs)
CHARLIE PAPA D6P

Alternative forms

• callsign

Noun

call sign (plural call signs)

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

   Synonym: call letters

2. (military) 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.

   Synonym: (initialism) CS

Derived terms

• collective call sign
• indefinite call sign
• international call sign
• net call sign
• tactical call sign

 

Translations

broadcasting

• Chinese: 业余无线电呼号 (yeyuwu xiandian huhao)
• Danish: kaldesignal n
• Dutch: roepletters
• Faroese: kallitekin
• Finnish: kutsumerkki, kutsutunnus
• French: indicatif d'appel
• German: Rufzeichen (de)
• Greek: σημάδι κλήσης (simádi klísis)
• Icelandic: kallmerki n
• Italian: segnale di chiamata
• Japanese: 識別信号 (shikibetsu shingou)
• Korean: 호출 부호 (hochul buho)
• Latin: indicativum
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kallesignal n, anrop

  Nynorsk: kallesignal n, tilrop

• Portuguese: indicativo (pt) m
• Romanian: indicativ de apel (ro) n
• Russian: позывно́й (ru) m (pozyvnój)
• Spanish: indicativo (es)
• Swedish: anropssignal (sv) c
• Turkish: çağrı kodu

Anagrams

• callings