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SOS

N สัญญาณ ขอความช่วยเหลือ (มาจาก  save our souls san-yan-kor-kwam-chue-luea

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SOS

SOS SOS.

 

Defn: The letters signified by the signal (... ---... ) prescribed by the International Radiotelegraphic Convention of 1912 for use by ships in distress.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

SOS

SOS |ˌesoʊˈes | noun ( pl. SOSs ) an international code signal of extreme distress, used esp. by ships at sea. an urgent appeal for help. Brit. a message broadcast to an untraceable person in an emergency: here is an SOS message for Mr. Arthur Brown about his brother, who is dangerously ill. ORIGIN early 20th cent.: letters chosen as being easily transmitted and recognized in Morse code; by folk etymology an abbreviation of save our souls.

 

Oxford Dictionary

SOS

SOS |ɛsəʊˈɛs | noun ( pl. SOSs ) an international code signal of extreme distress, used especially by ships at sea. an urgent appeal for help. Brit. a message broadcast in an emergency in an attempt to contact a person whose whereabouts are not known. ORIGIN early 20th cent.: letters chosen as being easily transmitted and recognized in Morse code; by folk etymology an abbreviation of save our souls.

 

Duden Dictionary

SOS

SOS Substantiv, Neutrum , das |ɛs |oːˈ |ɛs |das SOS; Genitiv: des SOS gedeutet als Abkürzung für englisch s ave o ur s hip (oder s ouls ) = rette (t ) unser Schiff (oder unsere Seelen )internationales [See ]notsignal SOS funken

 

French Dictionary

SOS

SOS n. m. nom masculin Signal international (traduction probable de « save our ship ») de détresse signifiant « au secours ». : Envoyer un SOS ou S.O.S. Note Technique Le signal est composé de trois points (s ), trois traits (o ), trois points (s ), (...– – –...) dans l ’alphabet morse.

 

Spanish Dictionary

SOS

SOS nombre masculino Petición de auxilio o socorro, especialmente la que se hace desde un barco o un avión que está en peligro :el gobierno ha lanzado un SOS a los países ricos para que colaboren en la reconstrucción de los pueblos devastados; los barcos que recibieron el SOS lanzado por el Titanic se encontraban a una distancia considerable, de ahí que hubiera tantas víctimas mortales .ETIMOLOGÍA Préstamo del inglés SOS , siglas de (s )ave (o )ur (s )ouls ‘salvad nuestras almas ’.Se pronuncia ‘ese-o-ese ’.

 

Sanseido Dictionary

SOS

SOS エスオーエス

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

SOS

SOS /èsoʊés /名詞 's C 1 遭難無電信号 ; エスオーエス 〘打電しやすいモールス符号 … -- -- -- …より; Save our Ship [Souls ]の略ではない 〙send [put out ] an SOS 遭難信号を送信する (≒… a Mayday (call ))2 ⦅英 ⦆特別緊急呼び出し放送 〘急病人の肉親を呼び出す 〙.3 ⦅話 広義で ⦆救助の要請 ; 危険信号 .