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English

Etymology
From OF. carte, from L. charta.

Pronunciation
IPA|/k��d/ italbrac|RP
IPA|/k��rd/ italbrac|US
audio|en-us-card.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��(r)d|-��(r)d

Noun
en-noun|s|-

1. A flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc. especially: one of a pack bearing numbers and symbols used in playing a variety of card games, e.g. a post card, a greeting card (Christmas, birthday etc.,) an identification card, a credit card, a business card, an index card, a baseball card or a warning card.
2. informal An amusing but slightly foolish person.
3. context|rare|textiles A device to raise the nap on a fabric.
4. context|rare|textiles A machine for disentagling the fibres of wool prior to spinning.
5. Cricket A tabular presentation of the key statistics of an innings or match:- batsman|batsmen's scores and how they were dismissed, extras, total score and bowling figures.

#(horse racing) A listing of the runners and riders, together with colours and recent form, for all the races on a particular day at a particular racecourse

Derived terms
top3
birthday card
cardboard
card game
Christmas card
credit card
graphics card
mid3
green card
index card
memory card
on the cards
playing card
postcard
mid3
red card
report card
soundcard
tarot card
yellow card

Translations
trans-top|A flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.
Chinese: �, � (k�)
Czech: karta f
Finnish: kortti
French: carte f
Hebrew: ק�ף (qlaf) m - paper card for games; �ר��ס (kart'ys) m - any plastic card and paper card for greetings or personal business information
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Japanese: JAchar|��� (k�do)
Norwegian: kort n
Portuguese: cartão m
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trans-top|(Informal) An amusing person
Chinese: 令人���人, 令人���人 (lìng rén f� xiào de rén)
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trans-top|A device to raise the nap on a fabric
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trans-top|A machine for disentagling the fibres of wool prior to spinning
French: carde f
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trans-top|(cricket) A tabular presentation of the key statistics of an innings or match
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Dutch: kaart f
ttbc|Ido: karto
ttbc|Indonesian: kartu
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ttbc|Interlingua: carta
ttbc|Portuguese: carta f (element of a deck), placa f (computer component)
ttbc|Spanish: carta f, naipe m (element of a deck), tarjeta f (computer component, transport ticket)

Verb
en-verb|cards|carding|carded

1. To check IDs at a venue with a minimum age requirement

#:They have to card anybody who looks 30 or younger.

1. context|rare|textiles To use the above device or machine.
2. To scrape or tear someone's flesh using a metal comb, as a form of torture

Translations
trans-top|To check IDs at a venue with a minimum age requirement
Finnish: tarkistaa henkilöllisyys
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trans-top|To use the above device or machine
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Category:1000 English basic words

Catalan

Etymology
Latin carduus

Noun
card

1. thistle

Category:Catalan nouns

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hu:card
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zh:card

• 2007-12-30 21:26 - Chloejr - checked chinese translation

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