Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

callsign

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.06 in modern English

Syllables: call-sign
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of call sign.

Example Sentences

"On Friday night, eight US Air Force KC-135 Stratotankers took off from Altus, Oklahoma, according to data from FlightRadar24. Over Kansas the tankers refueled two groups of planes, identified on air traffic control audio by their callsigns MYTEE11 FLT and MYTEE21 FLT. The callsign MYTEE has previously been associated with special activity flights by B-2 bombers, and multiple flight trackers on social media said the planes being refueled were B-2 bombers out of Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri."

Etymology

From call + sign.

Inflected Forms

callsigns (plural)

Questions

What does callsign mean?: Alternative form of call sign.
Where does callsign come from?: From call + sign.

How to pronounce callsign

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