English[edit]
a life preserver
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[edit]
buoyant ring or vest
- Afar: please add this translation if you can
- Akan: please add this translation if you can
- Albanian: please add this translation if you can
- 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)
- Armenian: please add this translation if you can
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- Bengali: please add this translation if you can
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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)
- Czech: please add this translation if you can
- Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
- Dutch: reddingsboei m or f
- Estonian: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: pelastusrengas
- French: (vest) gilet de sauvetage m, (ring) bouée de sauvetage f
- German: (vest) Rettungsweste f, (ring) Rettungsring m, (ring) Rettungsreifen m
- Greek: σωσίβιο n (sosívio)
- Hebrew: גלגל הצלה m (galgál hatsalá)
- Hindi: please add this translation if you can
- Hungarian: (ring, buoy) mentőöv, (vest, jacket) mentőmellény
- Icelandic: björgunarhringur m (ring), björgunarvesti n (vest)
- Igbo: please add this translation if you can
- Indonesian: pelampung penolong
- Italian: salvagente m, ciambella di salvataggio f
- Japanese: 浮き輪 (ukiwa)
- Kashmiri: please add this translation if you can
- Kazakh: please add this translation if you can
- Korean: please add this translation if you can
- Latgalian: (ring) gluobšonys rypuļs m
- Latin: cortex m or f
- Macedonian: please add this translation if you can
- Malayalam: please add this translation if you can
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: livbøye m (ring), redningsvest m (vest)
- Nynorsk: livbøye m or f (ring), redningsvest m (vest)
- Pashto: please add this translation if you can
- Persian: please add this translation if you can
- Portuguese: boia salva-vidas f
- Punjabi: please add this translation if you can
- Romanian: colac de salvare n, vestă de salvare f
- Russian: (vest) спаса́тельный жиле́т m (spasátelʹnyj žilét), (ring) спаса́тельный круг m (spasátelʹnyj krug)
- Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can
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- Somali: please add this translation if you can
- Spanish: salvavidas m
- Swedish: livboj c, flytväst c (vest)
- Tagalog: salbabida
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- Tatar: please add this translation if you can
- Telugu: please add this translation if you can
- Thai: please add this translation if you can
- Tigre: please add this translation if you can
- Turkish: can simidi
- Urdu: please add this translation if you can
- Vietnamese: phao cứu sinh
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- Yoruba: please add this translation if you can
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See also[edit]
life preserver on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
life preservers on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Further reading[edit]
life preserver on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
life preservers on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons