English
a life preserver
Noun
life preserver (plural life preservers)
- (US) A buoyant ring or vest intended to keep a person afloat.
- Synonym: (UK) life buoy
- (dated, UK) A short club with a weighted end.
- 1879, Gilbert and Sullivan, "With Cat-Like Tread", The Pirates of Penzance
- Here's your crowbar and your centrebit / Your life-preserver — you may want to hit!
- 1892, Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet":
- He tried to bluster and took down a life-preserver from the wall. I knew my man, however, and I clapped a pistol to his head before he could strike.
Translations
buoyant ring or vest
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- Arabic: سُتْرَةُ نَجَاةٍ f (sutratu najātin), سُتْرَةُ النَجَاةِ f (sutratu al-najāti) (vest), طَوْفُ نَجَاةٍ f (ṭawfu najātin), طَوْفُ النَجَاةِ f (ṭawfu al-najāti) (ring)
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- Catalan: salvavides m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 救生浮袋 (jiùshēng fúdài), 救生器 (jiùshēngqì), (ring) 救生圈 (zh) (jiùshēngquān)
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- Dutch: reddingsboei (nl) m or f
- Estonian: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: pelastusrengas (fi)
- French: (vest) gilet de sauvetage (fr) m, (ring) bouée de sauvetage (fr) f
- German: (vest) Rettungsweste (de) f, (ring) Rettungsring (de) m, (ring) Rettungsreifen m
- Greek: σωσίβιο (el) n (sosívio)
- Hebrew: גלגל הצלה (he) m (galgál hatsalá)
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- Icelandic: björgunarhringur (is) m (ring), björgunarvesti n (vest)
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- Italian: salvagente (it) m
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- Japanese: 浮き輪 (ukiwa)
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- Latgalian: (ring) gluobšonys rypuļs m
- Latin: cortex m or f
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- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: livbøye m (ring), redningsvest m (vest)
- Nynorsk: livbøye m or f (ring), redningsvest m (vest)
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- Portuguese: boia salva-vidas f
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- Romanian: colac de salvare (ro) n
- Russian: (vest) спаса́тельный жиле́т (ru) m (spasátelʹnyj žilét), (ring) спаса́тельный круг (ru) m (spasátelʹnyj krug)
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- Spanish: salvavidas (es) m
- Swedish: livboj (sv) c, flytväst (sv) c (vest)
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- Turkish: can simidi (tr)
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Further reading
- “life preserver”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “life preserver”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “life preserver”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “life preserver”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
See also
life preserver on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Category:life preservers on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons 
