card
A playing cardA playing card.
» Can I pay by credit card?
Kann ich mit Kreditkarte bezahlen?
Могу ли я расплатиться кредиткой?
Могу я расплатиться карточкой?
Могу я заплатить кредитной картой?
Чи можна платити кредитною карткою?
Можна заплатити кредитною карткою?
Meaning
30 senses(countable, uncountable)A playing card.
a card certifying the identity of the bearer
(countable, in the plural, uncountable)Any game using playing cards; a card game.
He played cards with his friends.
(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
(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)
(countable, uncountable)A bank card.
(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."
(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.
(countable, informal, uncountable)An amusing or entertaining person, often slightly eccentric.
a witty amusing person who makes jokes
(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
(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.
(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.
(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 sentencesCan I pay by credit card?
Чи можна платити кредитною карткою? — aandrusiak
ruМогу ли я расплатиться кредиткой? — Mukaltin
deKann ich mit Kreditkarte bezahlen? — MUIRIEL
We killed time by playing cards.
Ми вбили час, граючи в карти. — deniko
deWir schlugen die Zeit mit Kartenspielen tot. — Esperantostern
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
We accept all major credit cards.
Ми приймаємо всі основні кредитни картки. — deniko
deWir akzeptieren alle geläufigen Kreditkarten. — Yorwba
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 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 3
By meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English carde (“playing card”), from Old French carte, from Latin charta, fromFrom 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: cardsSynonyms
23 synonyms- a card certifying the identity of the bearer:identity card
- (golf) a record of scores (as in golf):scorecard
- (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat:batting orderlineup
- a list of dishes available at a restaurant:menubill of farecarte du jourcarte
- a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited:calling cardvisiting card
- a witty amusing person who makes jokes:wagwit
Word family
265 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Shopping and money — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
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