Phrase guide

life insurance

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A form of insurance on the life of a person, whereby if the person dies then the insurance policy pays out a sum of money to the beneficiary (such as a person's family).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: life assurance

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

insurance paid to named beneficiaries when the insured person dies

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • in England they call life insurance life assurance

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: life assurance

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: insurance

Narrower terms: endowment insurance, tontine, tontine insurance, whole life insurance, ordinary life insurance, straight life insurance

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَأْمِين عَلَى اَلْحَيَاة (taʔmīn ʕalā l-ḥayāh) — form of insurance
  • Burmese: အသက်အာမံခံ (a.sak-amamhkam) — form of insurance
  • Catalan: assegurança de vida — form of insurance
  • Chinese Mandarin: 人壽保險 /人寿保险 (rénshòu bǎoxiǎn) — form of insurance
  • Chinese Mandarin: 生命保險 /生命保险 (shēngmìng bǎoxiǎn) — form of insurance
  • Czech: životní pojištění — form of insurance
  • Danish: livsforsikring — form of insurance
  • Dutch: levensverzekering — form of insurance
  • Estonian: elukindlustus — form of insurance
  • Finnish: henkivakuutus — form of insurance
  • French: assurance-vie — form of insurance
  • German: Lebensversicherung — form of insurance
  • Greek: ασφάλεια ζωής (asfáleia zoḯs) — form of insurance
  • Gujarati: જીવન વીમો (jīvan vīmo) — form of insurance
  • Hebrew: ביטוח חיים — form of insurance
  • Hebrew: בטחון חי — form of insurance
  • Hindi: जीवन बीमा (jīvan bīmā) — form of insurance
  • Hungarian: életbiztosítás — form of insurance
  • Indonesian: asuransi jiwa — form of insurance
  • Irish: árachas saoil — form of insurance
  • Italian: assicurazione sulla vita — form of insurance
  • Japanese: 生命保険 (seimei-hoken) — form of insurance
  • Javanese: ꦠꦔ꧀ꦒꦸꦁꦗꦶꦮ (tanggung jiwa) — form of insurance
  • Korean: 생명보험 (saengmyeong boheom) — form of insurance
  • Latvian: dzīvības apdrošināšana — form of insurance
  • Malay: insurans hayat — form of insurance
  • Plautdietsch: Läwensvesechrunk — form of insurance
  • Polish: ubezpieczenie na życie — form of insurance
  • Portuguese: seguro de vida — form of insurance
  • Romanian: asigurare de viață — form of insurance
  • Russian: страхова́ние жи́зни (straxovánije žízni) — form of insurance
  • Spanish: seguro de vida — form of insurance
  • Swahili: bima ya maisha — form of insurance
  • Swedish: livförsäkring — form of insurance
  • Thai: การประกันชีวิต (gaan bpràgan cheewít) — form of insurance
  • Turkish: hayat sigortası — form of insurance
  • Vietnamese: bảo hiểm nhân thọ — form of insurance
  • Yiddish: לעבן פֿאַרזיכערונג (lebn farzikherung) — form of insurance