life jacket

See also: lifejacket

English

A man wearing a life vest.

Alternative forms

lifejacket
life-jacket

Noun

life jacket (plural life jackets)

an article of protective clothing that is designed to keep the wearer's head floating above the surface of the water.

Synonyms

life vest

Translations

An article of protective clothing

Arabic: سُتْرَة نَجَاة‎ f (sutrat najāh), صِدَار نَجَاة‎ m (ṣidār najāh)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 救生衣 (zh) (jiùshēngyī)
Czech: plovací vesta f
Dutch: reddingsvest (nl) n
Finnish: pelastusliivi (fi)
French: gilet de sauvetage (fr) m
German: Rettungsweste (de) f, Schwimmweste (de) f
Icelandic: björgunarvesti n
Irish: seaicéad tarrthála m
Japanese: 救命胴衣 (きゅうめいどうい, kyūmeidōi), ライフジャケット (raifujaketto)
Maori: kahu kautere

Mongolian: аврах хантааз (avrah hantaaz)
Norman: câsaque dé sauveté f (Jersey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: redningsvest m

Nynorsk: redningsvest m
Persian: جلیقه ی نجات‎ (jelighe ye nejat)
Portuguese: colete salva-vidas m
Russian: спаса́тельный жиле́т (ru) m (spasátelʹnyj žilét)
Spanish: chaleco salvavidas m
Swedish: flytväst (sv), räddningsväst
Welsh: siaced fywyd f, siacedi bywyd f pl

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