Meaning

4 senses
  1. A key, especially in a hotel, that allows someone in authority to open any door.

    Generalschlüssel, Hauptschlüssel

    отмы́чкаotmýčka

  2. A key for entering a house or other building.

  3. (especially)A cryptographic key that is tied to specific devices or cloud accounts and is meant to be used instead of a password.

  4. (dated)Synonym of password.

    Schlüssel, Schlüsselwort, Kennwort

More definitions
  • key that secures entrance everywhere

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
a key that opens any door:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
a key that opens any door:
a key that opens the main or central door:
a keyword, a password:

Origin

From pass + key.

From pass + key.

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Forms

plural: passkeys
Singularpasskey
Pluralpasskeys

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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