Meanings
plural QR codes · alternative QR-code
- A type of two-dimensional barcode, typically used to link to a website.
TransPennine Express has removed all QR codes from its 71 car parks after scammers covered up a genuine code sticker with a false one and stole £13,000 from a woman's bank account.
2023 December 13, “Network News: £13,000 stolen via car park QR”, in RAIL, number 998, page 111 more example
New insights into bee movements and life cycles have been uncovered after researchers tracked the insects using tiny QR codes glued onto their backs. […] The team, made up of entomologists and electrical engineers, attached AprilTags, a kind of QR code that is smaller than the nail on your little finger, to the bees using glue.
2025 January 28, Jack Guy, “Tiny QR codes help scientists track bee movements”, in CNN, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2025
Origin
Short for Quick Response Code, introduced as a trademark.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic رَمْز إِسْتِجَابَة سَرِيعَة, رَمْز رَدّ سَرِيع
- رَمْز إِسْتِجَابَة سَرِيعَة (ramz ʔistijāba sarīʕa)2-D barcode
- رَمْز رَدّ سَرِيع (ramz radd sarīʕ)2-D barcode
- رَمْز مُرَبَّع (ramz murabbaʕ)2-D barcode
- رَمْز QR (ramz QR)2-D barcode
Bengali কিউআর কোড, QR কোড
- কিউআর কোড (kiuar kōḍ)2-D barcode
- QR কোড (QR kōḍ)2-D barcode
Bulgarian QR ко́д
- QR ко́д (QR kód)2-D barcode
Catalan codi QR
- codi QR2-D barcode
Chinese Cantonese 二維碼 /二维码, QR code (kiu¹ aau¹ kuk¹)
- 二維碼 /二维码 (ji⁶ wai⁴ maa⁵)2-D barcode
- QR code (kiu¹ aau¹ kuk¹)2-D barcode
Chinese Mandarin 二維碼 /二维码, QR碼 /QR码
- 二維碼 /二维码 (èrwéimǎ)2-D barcode
- QR碼 /QR码 (QR mǎ)2-D barcode
Czech QR kód
- QR kód2-D barcode
Danish QR-kode
- QR-kode2-D barcode
Dutch QR-code
- QR-code2-D barcode
Esperanto rapidresponda kodo, QR-kodo
- rapidresponda kodo2-D barcode
- QR-kodo2-D barcode
Estonian ruutkood, QR-kood
- ruutkood2-D barcode
- QR-kood2-D barcode
Finnish ruutukoodi, QR-koodi
- ruutukoodi2-D barcode
- QR-koodi2-D barcode
French code QR, QR code
- code QR2-D barcode
- QR code2-D barcode
- code à barres matriciel2-D barcode
German QR-Code, Schnellantwortkode
- QR-Code2-D barcode
- Schnellantwortkode2-D barcode
Greek κώδικας QR
- κώδικας QR (kódikas QR)2-D barcode
Hebrew קוֹד QR
- קוֹד QR (kod QR)2-D barcode
Hindi क्यूआर कोड, QR कोड
- क्यूआर कोड (kyūār koḍ)2-D barcode
- QR कोड (QR koḍ)2-D barcode
Hungarian QR-kód
- QR-kód2-D barcode
Indonesian kode respons cepat, kode QR
- kode respons cepat2-D barcode
- kode QR2-D barcode
Italian codice QR
- codice QR2-D barcode
Japanese QRコード
- QRコード (QR kōdo)2-D barcode
Korean QR 코드
- QR 코드 (QR kodeu)2-D barcode
Latvian kvadrātkods, QR kods
- kvadrātkods2-D barcode
- QR kods2-D barcode
Lithuanian QR kodas
- QR kodas2-D barcode
Norwegian QR-kod
- QR-kod2-D barcode
Persian کیوآر کد, QR کد
- کیوآر کد (kyu-âr kod)2-D barcode
- QR کد (QR kod)2-D barcode
Polish kod QR
- kod QR2-D barcode
Portuguese código QR, QR code
- código QR2-D barcode
- QR code2-D barcode
Romanian cod QR
- cod QR2-D barcode
Russian QR-ко́д
- QR-ко́д (QR-kód)2-D barcode
Slovak QR kód
- QR kód2-D barcode
Spanish código QR
- código QR2-D barcode
Swedish QR-kod
- QR-kod2-D barcode
Thai รหัสคิวอาร์, รหัส QR
- รหัสคิวอาร์ (rá-hàt kiu-aa)2-D barcode
- รหัส QR (rá-hàt QR)2-D barcode
Turkish QR kodu, karekod
- QR kodu2-D barcode
- karekod2-D barcode
Ukrainian QR-ко́д
- QR-ко́д (QR-kód)2-D barcode
Urdu کیو آر کوڈ, QR کوڈ
- کیو آر کوڈ (kyū ār koḍ)2-D barcode
- QR کوڈ (QR koḍ)2-D barcode
Vietnamese mã quét hai chiều, mã hai chiều
- mã quét hai chiều2-D barcode
- mã hai chiều2-D barcode
- mã QR2-D barcode
Cite this entry
QR code. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/QR%20code
“QR code.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/QR%20code. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “QR code,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/QR%20code.
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