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: please add this translation if you can
• 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 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