identity card

noun

A card or badge showing the official identity of the bearer.

Meanings

nounidentity card (plural identity cards)

plural identity cards

  1. A card or badge showing the official identity of the bearer.

    Synonyms: IC, ID card

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA card or badge showing the official identity of the bearer.

Similar

More synonyms by meaning

nouna card certifying the identity of the bearer

Similar
Broader
positive identification

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Arabic بِطَاقَة هُوِيَّة, بِطَاقَة تَعْرِيف
  • بِطَاقَة هُوِيَّة (biṭāqat huwiyya)identity card
  • بِطَاقَة تَعْرِيف (biṭāqat taʕrīf)identity card
  • بِطَاقَة تَحْقِيق الشَّخْصِيَّة (biṭāqat taḥqīq aš-šaḵṣiyya)identity card
  • بِطَاقَة شَخْصِيَّة (biṭāqa šaḵṣiyya)identity card
Basque igarobide
  • igarobideidentity card
Bengali অভিজ্ঞান
  • অভিজ্ঞান (obhiggên)identity card
Bulgarian ли́чна ка́рта
  • ли́чна ка́рта (líčna kárta)identity card
Catalan carnet d'identitat
  • carnet d'identitatidentity card
Chinese Mandarin 身份證 /身份证, 證件 /证件
  • 身份證 /身份证 (shēnfènzhèng)identity card
  • 證件 /证件 (zhèngjiàn)identity card
Czech průkaz totožnosti
  • průkaz totožnostiidentity card
Danish identitetskort, legitimationskort
  • identitetskortidentity card
  • legitimationskortidentity card
Dutch identiteitskaart, identiteitsbewijs
  • identiteitskaartidentity card
  • identiteitsbewijsidentity card
Esperanto identigilo, identiga karto
  • identigiloidentity card
  • identiga kartoidentity card
Estonian isikutunnistus, ID-kaart
  • isikutunnistusidentity card
  • ID-kaartidentity card
Finnish henkilökortti, henkilöllisyystodistus
  • henkilökorttiidentity card
  • henkilöllisyystodistusidentity card
  • henkilötodistusidentity card
French carte d'identité, pièce d'identité
  • carte d'identitéidentity card
  • pièce d'identitéidentity card
German Ausweis, Personalausweis
  • Ausweisidentity card
  • Personalausweisidentity card
  • IDidentity card
  • Identitätskarteidentity card
Greek δελτίο αστυνομικής ταυτότητας
  • δελτίο αστυνομικής ταυτότητας (deltío astynomikís taftótitas)identity card
Hebrew תְּעוּדַת זֶהוּת
  • תְּעוּדַת זֶהוּת (t'udát zehút)identity card
Hindi पहचान पत्र
  • पहचान पत्र (pahcān patra)identity card
Hungarian személyi igazolvány, személyi
  • személyi igazolványidentity card
  • személyiidentity card
Icelandic nafnskírteini, persónuskilríki
  • nafnskírteiniidentity card
  • persónuskilríkiidentity card
Indonesian kartu identitas
  • kartu identitasidentity card
Irish cárta aitheantais
  • cárta aitheantaisidentity card
Italian carta d'identità, documento d’identità
  • carta d'identitàidentity card
  • documento d’identitàidentity card
  • tessera d’identitàidentity card
Japanese 身分証明書, 身分証
  • 身分証明書 (mibun shōmeisho)identity card
  • 身分証 (mibunshō)identity card
  • IDカード (aidī kādo)identity card
  • ID (aidī)identity card
Korean 신분증, 도민증
  • 신분증 (sinbunjeung)identity card
  • 도민증 (dominjeung)identity card
  • ID 카드 (aidi kadeu)identity card
Latvian personas apliecība
  • personas apliecībaidentity card
Lithuanian tapatybės kortelė
  • tapatybės kortelėidentity card
Malay kad pengenalan, KP
  • kad pengenalanidentity card
  • KPidentity card
Māori TT, tau tāututanga
  • TTidentity card
  • tau tāututangaidentity card
Norwegian Bokmål identitetskort, legitimasjonskort
  • identitetskortidentity card
  • legitimasjonskortidentity card
  • kjenselkortidentity card
  • ID-kortidentity card
  • IDidentity card
  • legitimasjonidentity card
  • identitetspapiridentity card
Polish dowód osobisty
  • dowód osobistyidentity card
Portuguese cartão de cidadão, CC
  • cartão de cidadãoidentity card
  • CCidentity card
  • carteira de identidadeidentity card
  • RGidentity card
  • bilhete de identidadeidentity card
  • cartão de identificsßaçãoidentity card
Punjabi ਸ਼ਨਾਖ਼ਤੀ ਕਾਰਡ
  • ਸ਼ਨਾਖ਼ਤੀ ਕਾਰਡ (śanāxtī kāraḍ)identity card
Romanian carte de identitate, document de identitate
  • carte de identitateidentity card
  • document de identitateidentity card
  • card de identitateidentity card
Russian удостовере́ние ли́чности, па́спорт
  • удостовере́ние ли́чности (udostoverénije líčnosti)identity card
  • па́спорт (pásport)identity card
  • удостовере́ние (udostoverénije)identity card
  • ли́чное удостовере́ние (líčnoje udostoverénije)identity card
Scottish Gaelic cairt-aithne
  • cairt-aithneidentity card
Slovak preukaz totožnosti
  • preukaz totožnostiidentity card
Spanish carnet de identidad, cédula de identidad
  • carnet de identidadidentity card
  • cédula de identidadidentity card
  • cédula de ciudadaníaidentity card
  • tarjeta de identidadidentity card
  • cédula personalidentity card
  • cédula de vecindadidentity card
Swedish identifikation, legitimation
  • identifikationidentity card
  • legitimationidentity card
  • ID-kortidentity card
  • identitetskortidentity card
Tagalog ladaw
  • ladawidentity card
Tamil அடையாள அட்டை
  • அடையாள அட்டை (aṭaiyāḷa aṭṭai)identity card
Thai บัตรประจำตัว
  • บัตรประจำตัว (bàt-bprà-jam-dtuua)identity card
Turkish kimlik, kimlik kartı
  • kimlikidentity card
  • kimlik kartıidentity card
  • nüfus cüzdanıidentity card
Ukrainian посві́дчення, па́спорт
  • посві́дчення (posvídčennja)identity card
  • па́спорт (pásport)identity card
  • посві́дчення осо́би (posvídčennja osóby)identity card
Urdu شَناخْتی کارْڈ
  • شَناخْتی کارْڈ (śanāxtī kārḍ)identity card
Vietnamese chứng minh thư, giấy chứng minh
  • chứng minh thưidentity card
  • giấy chứng minhidentity card
Yiddish אידענטיטעט קאַרטע
  • אידענטיטעט קאַרטע (identitet karte)identity card
Cite this entry
APA

identity card. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/identity%20card

MLA

“identity card.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/identity%20card. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “identity card,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/identity%20card.

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