car key

English

Alternative forms

• (rare) carkey

Noun

car key (plural car keys)

1. A key used to unlock or start a car.

   Near-synonym: ignition key

   He forgot his car keys upstairs.

   • 2004, Lolly Winston, Sophie's Bakery for the Broken Hearted: A Novel, London: Arrow Books, published 2006, →ISBN, page 292:

     I back up against the double sink, rooting in my purse for my car keys.

Derived terms

• electronic car key

Translations

a key used to unlock or start a car — see also ignition key

Chinese: Cantonese: 車匙 / 车匙 (ce1 si4) Mandarin: 汽車鑰匙 / 汽车钥匙 (qìchē yàoshi) Dutch: autosleutel (nl) m Finnish: autonavain (fi) French: clé de voiture f German: Autoschlüssel (de) m Indonesian: kunci mobil Japanese: please add this translation if you can Korean: 자동차 열쇠 (jadongcha yeolsoe), 자동차 키 (jadongcha ki), 차 열쇠 (cha yeolsoe), 차 키 (cha ki) Northern Sami: biilačoavdda Norwegian: Bokmål: bilnøkkel m Polish: klucz samochodowy m, kluczyk (pl) m Russian: ключ от маши́ны m (ključ ot mašíny) Spanish: llave de coche f

Further reading

• car key on Wikipedia.Wikipedia