Meaning

30 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A playing card.

    a card certifying the identity of the bearer

  2. (countable, in the plural, uncountable)Any game using playing cards; a card game.

    He played cards with his friends.

  3. (countable, uncountable)A resource or argument, used to achieve a purpose. (See play the something card.)

    The government played the Orange card to get support for their Ireland policy.

    He accused them of playing the race card.

    ка́ртаkárta, ко́зырьkózyrʹ

  4. (countable, uncountable)Any flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic, etc.

    Karte

    ка́рточкаkártočka, ка́ртаkárta

    ка́ртаkárta, ка́рткаkártka

    a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures)

  5. (countable, uncountable)A bank card.

  6. (countable, uncountable)Any electronic payment (rather than a cash payment using notes, bills or coins).

    Cashier: "Cash or card? Customer: "I'm paying on my phone, so card."

  7. (uncountable)Paper that is thicker and more durable than normal writing or printing paper, but thinner and more flexible than paperboard, used for postcards, playing cards, etc.; card stock.

    Do you have any card? I want to make a poster.

  8. (countable, informal, uncountable)An amusing or entertaining person, often slightly eccentric.

    a witty amusing person who makes jokes

  9. (countable, uncountable)A list of scheduled events or of performers or contestants; chiefly used in professional wrestling.

    What's on the card for tonight?

    планplan

  10. (countable, uncountable)A tabular presentation of the key statistics of an innings or match: batsmen’s scores and how they were dismissed, extras, total score and bowling figures.

  11. (countable, uncountable)A removable electronic device that may be inserted into a powered electronic device to provide additional capability.

    He needed to replace the card his computer used to connect to the internet.

  12. (countable, uncountable)Any of a set of pages or forms that the user can navigate between, and fill with data, in certain user interfaces.

Examples

1491 sentences
  1. Can I pay by credit card?

    Чи можна платити кредитною карткою? — aandrusiak

    ruМогу ли я расплатиться кредиткой? — Mukaltin

    deKann ich mit Kreditkarte bezahlen? — MUIRIEL

  2. We killed time by playing cards.

    Ми вбили час, граючи в карти. — deniko

    deWir schlugen die Zeit mit Kartenspielen tot. — Esperantostern

  3. We often play cards on Sunday.

    Ми часто граємо в карти по неділях. — ChickenKiev

    ruМы часто играем в карты в воскресенье. — Balamax

    deWir spielen sonntags oft Karten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. We accept all major credit cards.

    Ми приймаємо всі основні кредитни картки. — deniko

    deWir akzeptieren alle geläufigen Kreditkarten. — Yorwba

  5. Can I use my credit card?

    Чи я можу скористатися своєю кредитною карткою? — deniko

    ruМогу я воспользоваться кредитной карточкой? — Hellerick

    deKann ich meine Kreditkarte benutzen? — al_ex_an_der

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.:
Русский
By meaning 3
resource or an argument, used to achieve a purpose:
flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.:
list of scheduled events:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.:

Origin

From Middle English carde (“playing card”), from Old French carte, from Latin charta, from

From Middle English carde (“playing card”), from Old French carte, from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “paper, papyrus”). Doublet of carte and chart.

From Middle English carde, Old French carde, from Old Occitan carda, deverbal from cardar, from Late Latin *carito, from Latin carō (“to comb with a card”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”).

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Forms

plural: cards
Singularcard
Pluralcards

regular

Synonyms

23 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

265 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • credit card
  • playing cards
  • a credit card
  • my credit card
  • play cards
  • christmas card
  • a birthday card
  • a christmas card
  • playing cards with
  • by credit card
  • card tricks
  • to play cards

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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