keycard

See also: key card

English

Alternative forms

• key card

Etymology 1

From key (“lock opener”) +‎ card (“piece of plastic”).

Noun

keycard (plural keycards)

1. A usually plastic card which stores a digital signature that is used to operate an electronic access control lock.

Synonyms

• card key

Derived terms

• keycard lock

Translations

plastic card

Armenian: քարտ-բանալի (kʻart-banali) Chinese: Mandarin: 門卡 / 门卡 (ménkǎ), 房卡 (zh) (fángkǎ) Danish: nøglekort (da) n Dutch: sleutelkaart m or f Esperanto: ŝlosilkarto Finnish: avainkortti German: (literally) Schlüsselkarte (de) f, Pass (de) m Hungarian: kulcskártya Japanese: カードキー (kādokī) Korean: 카드키 (kadeuki) Latin: (literally, card for access) chartula ad accessum Macedonian: клуч-картичка f (kluč-kartička) Norwegian: Bokmål: nøkkelkort n Nynorsk: nykelkort n, nøkkelkort n Spanish: tarjeta de acceso f Swedish: nyckelkort (sv) n Thai: คีย์การ์ด (th) (keykhard) Turkish: giriş kartı (tr), anahtar kart Vietnamese: thẻ khoá, thẻ từ

Etymology 2

From key (“important”) +‎ card (“playing card”).

Noun

keycard (plural keycards)

1. (bridge) In Roman keycard Blackwood, an ace of any suit or the king of trumps.

Anagrams

• card key