salvavita
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Italian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Verb-object compound, composed of salva (“to save, to protect”) + vita (“life”).
Noun
[edit]salvavita m (invariable)
- (nautical) Synonym of salvagente
Adjective
[edit]salvavita (invariable)
Etymology 2
[edit]From Salvavita, itself derived from etymology 1.
Noun
[edit]salvavita m (invariable)
- (electricity) genericized trademark for residual-current device
- (electricity, by extension, colloquial) any kind of circuit breaker
Further reading
[edit]- salvavita in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- salvavita in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- salvavita in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- salvavita in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- salvavita in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
- salvavita in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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- Rhymes:Italian/ita
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