Meanings
plural call signs · alternative callsign · alternative call-sign
- broadcastingA combination of letters and numbers used to identify a radio or television station.
Synonyms: call letters
- governmentAny 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.
Four drone operators, led by Shved, whose call sign means “the Swede” on account of his blond hair, […]
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Charlie: I'm Charlotte Blackwood. Maverick: I'm Maverick. Charlie: Did your mother not like you? Maverick: No, it's my call sign.
1986, Jim Cash, Jack Epps Jr., Top Gun (motion picture)Synonyms: CS
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA combination of letters and numbers used to identify a radio or television station.
nounAny 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.
Translations
Arabic رَمْز نِدَاء
- رَمْز نِدَاء (ramz nidāʔ)letters used to identify a station
Bulgarian повиква́телен знак
- повиква́телен знак (povikvátelen znak)letters used to identify a station
Chinese Mandarin 無線電呼號 /无线电呼号
- 無線電呼號 /无线电呼号 (wúxiàndiàn hūhào)letters used to identify a station
Czech volací znak, volací značka
- volací znakletters used to identify a station
- volací značkaletters used to identify a station
Danish kaldesignal
- kaldesignalletters used to identify a station
Dutch roepletters
- roeplettersletters used to identify a station
Finnish kutsumerkki, kutsutunnus
- kutsumerkkiletters used to identify a station
- kutsutunnusletters used to identify a station
French indicatif d'appel, indicatif
- indicatif d'appelletters used to identify a station
- indicatifletters used to identify a station
German Rufzeichen, Anrufzeichen
- Rufzeichenletters used to identify a station
- Anrufzeichenletters used to identify a station
- Stationskennungletters used to identify a station
- Rufnameunique identifier to military communications
- Rufzeichenunique identifier to military communications
- Callsignunique identifier to military communications
Greek σημάδι κλήσης
- σημάδι κλήσης (simádi klísis)letters used to identify a station
Hungarian hívójel
- hívójelletters used to identify a station
Icelandic kallmerki
- kallmerkiletters used to identify a station
Iranian Persian شِناسِهٔ تَماس, عَلامَتِ تَماس
- شِناسِهٔ تَماسletters used to identify a station
- عَلامَتِ تَماسletters used to identify a station
Italian segnale di chiamata, indicativo di chiamata
- segnale di chiamataletters used to identify a station
- indicativo di chiamataletters used to identify a station
Japanese 呼出符号, 識別信号
- 呼出符号 (yobidashi fugō)letters used to identify a station
- 識別信号 (shikibetsu shingō)letters used to identify a station
- コールサイン (kōru sain)letters used to identify a station
Korean 호출부호, 콜사인
- 호출부호 (hochulbuho)letters used to identify a station
- 콜사인 (kolsain)letters used to identify a station
Latin indicativum
- indicativumletters used to identify a station
Norwegian Bokmål kallesignal, anrop
- kallesignalletters used to identify a station
- anropletters used to identify a station
Polish znak wywoławczy
- znak wywoławczyletters used to identify a station
Portuguese indicativo
- indicativoletters used to identify a station
Romanian indicativ de apel
- indicativ de apelletters used to identify a station
Russian позывно́й
- позывно́й (pozyvnój)letters used to identify a station
Slovak volacia značka, volací znak
- volacia značkaletters used to identify a station
- volací znakletters used to identify a station
Spanish indicativo
- indicativoletters used to identify a station
Swedish anropssignal
- anropssignalletters used to identify a station
Turkish çağrı kodu
- çağrı koduletters used to identify a station
Ukrainian позивни́й
- позивни́й (pozyvnýj)letters used to identify a station
Cite this entry
call sign. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/call%20sign
“call sign.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/call%20sign. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “call sign,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/call%20sign.
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