life jacket

See also: lifejacket

English

A man wearing a life vest.

Alternative forms

• lifejacket
• life-jacket

Noun

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: 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)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
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• Maori: kahu kautere
• Mongolian: аврах хантааз (avrax xantaaz)
• 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
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: siaced fywyd f, siacedi bywyd f pl

See also

• buoyancy aid
• Mae West