life jacket

English

A man wearing a life vest.

Alternative forms

• lifejacket
• life-jacket

Noun

Wikipedia life jacket (plural life jackets)

1. 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: سترة نجاة (ar) (sútrat najaa) f, صدار نجاة (ar) (Sidaar najaa) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 救生衣 (cmn) (jiùshēngyī)

• Czech: plovací vesta (cs) f
• Dutch: reddingsvest (nl) n
• Finnish: pelastusliivi (fi)
• French: gilet de sauvetage (fr) m
• German: Rettungsweste (de) f, Schwimmweste (de) f

• Icelandic: björgunarvesti (is) n
• Japanese: 救命胴衣 (ja) (きゅうめいどうい, kyūmeidōi), ライフジャケット (ja) (raifujaketto)
• Jèrriais: câsaque dé sauveté f
• Persian: جلیقه ی نجات (fa) (jelighe ye nejat)
• Portuguese: colete salva-vidas (pt) m
• Russian: спасательный жилет (ru) (spasátel'nyj žilét) m
• Spanish: chaleco salvavidas (es) m

See also

• buoyancy aid
• Mae West