Mayday! Mayday!

Mayday

exclamation

an international radio distress signal used by ships and aircraft.

noun

a distress signal using the word "Mayday"

ORIGIN 1920s: representing a pronunciation of French m'aider, from venez m'aider 'come and help me.'

May Day

noun

May 1, celebrated in many countries as a traditional springtime festival or as an international day honoring workers.

May

noun

the fifth month of the year, in the northern hemisphere usually considered the last month of spring

• (usu. one's May)poetic/literary one's bloom or prime

ORIGIN late Old English , from Old French mai, from Latin Maius (mensis) '(month) of the goddess Maia.'

Maia ¹Greek Mythology

the daughter of Atlas and mother of Hermes.

Maia ² Roman Mythology

a goddess associated with Vulcan and also (by confusion with Maia ¹ ) with Mercury (Hermes). She was worshiped on May 1 and May 15; that month is named after her.

menses

plural noun

blood and other matter discharged from the uterus at menstruation.

• [treated as sing. ] the time of menstruation

ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin, plural of mensis 'month.'

moon

noun (also Moon)

the natural satellite of the earth, visible (chiefly at night) by reflected light from the sun.

• a natural satellite of any planet.

• ( the moon) figurative anything that one could desire

• a month, esp. a lunar month

ORIGIN Old English mōna, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch maan and German Mond, also to month , from an Indo-European root shared by Latin mensis and Greek mēn 'month,' and also Latin metiri 'to measure' (the moon being used to measure time).