Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA piece of specially prepared card stock or thin material bearing identifying symbols such as a number and suit, used primarily for card games, and generally forming part of a deck of such cards.
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans speelkaart
- speelkaartTranslations
Arabic وَرَقَة لَعْب, وَرَقَة
- وَرَقَة لَعْب (waraqat laʕb)Translations
- وَرَقَة (waraqa)Translations
Bengali তাস
- তাস (taś)Translations
Bulgarian ка́рта за игра́, ка́рта
- ка́рта за игра́ (kárta za igrá)Translations
- ка́рта (kárta)Translations
Catalan naip, carta
- naipTranslations
- cartaTranslations
Chinese Cantonese 啤牌
- 啤牌Translations
Chinese Mandarin 撲克牌 /扑克牌, 紙牌 /纸牌
- 撲克牌 /扑克牌 (pūkèpái)Translations
- 紙牌 /纸牌 (zhǐpái)Translations
- 卡片 (kǎpiàn)Translations
- 牌 (pái)Translations
Czech hrací karta
- hrací kartaTranslations
Danish spillekort
- spillekortTranslations
Dutch speelkaart
- speelkaartTranslations
Esperanto ludkarto
- ludkartoTranslations
Estonian mängukaart
- mängukaartTranslations
Finnish pelikortti
- pelikorttiTranslations
French carte à jouer
- carte à jouerTranslations
German Spielkarte, Karte
- SpielkarteTranslations
- KarteTranslations
Greek τραπουλόχαρτο
- τραπουλόχαρτο (trapoulócharto)Translations
Hawaiian pepa hahau
- pepa hahauTranslations
Hebrew קְלָף מִשְׂחָק, קְלָף
- קְלָף מִשְׂחָק (klaf miskhák)Translations
- קְלָף (klaf)Translations
Hindi ताश
- ताश (tāś)Translations
Hungarian játékkártya, kártya
- játékkártyaTranslations
- kártyaTranslations
Icelandic spil
- spilTranslations
Indonesian kartu
- kartuTranslations
Irish cárta imeartha
- cárta imearthaTranslations
Italian carta da gioco
- carta da giocoTranslations
Japanese トランプ, カルタ
- トランプ (toranpu)Translations
- カルタ (karuta)Translations
- トランプ・カルタ (toranpu-karuta)Translations
- 札 (fuda)Translations
- カード (kādo)Translations
Korean 트럼프, 플레잉 카드
- 트럼프 (teureompeu)Translations
- 플레잉 카드 (peulleing kadeu)Translations
Latin charta a ludo, papyprus a ludo
- charta a ludoTranslations
- papyprus a ludoTranslations
- charta ludensTranslations
- papyprus ludensTranslations
- papyrus ludensTranslations
- charta ludiTranslations
- papyrus ludiTranslations
Latvian spēļu kārts
- spēļu kārtsTranslations
Lithuanian žaidimo korta
- žaidimo kortaTranslations
Malay kad
- kadTranslations
Māori purei kāri
- purei kāriTranslations
Norwegian Bokmål spillkort, spellkort
- spillkortTranslations
- spellkortTranslations
Polish karta, karta do gry
- kartaTranslations
- karta do gryTranslations
Portuguese carta, carta de baralho
- cartaTranslations
- carta de baralhoTranslations
Romanian carte de joc
- carte de jocTranslations
Russian игра́льная ка́рта, ка́рта
- игра́льная ка́рта (igrálʹnaja kárta)Translations
- ка́рта (kárta)Translations
Scottish Gaelic cairt-chluiche
- cairt-chluicheTranslations
Slovak hracia karta
- hracia kartaTranslations
Spanish baraja, carta
- barajaTranslations
- cartaTranslations
- naipeTranslations
Swahili karata
- karataTranslations
Swedish spelkort
- spelkortTranslations
Tagalog baraha
- barahaTranslations
Thai ไพ่ป๊อก, ไพ่
- ไพ่ป๊อก (pâi-bpɔ́k)Translations
- ไพ่ (pâi)Translations
Turkish iskambil, oyun kağıdı
- iskambilTranslations
- oyun kağıdıTranslations
- iskambil kağıdıTranslations
Ukrainian гра́льна ка́рта, ка́рта
- гра́льна ка́рта (hrálʹna kárta)Translations
- ка́рта (kárta)Translations
Urdu تاش
- تاش (tāś)Translations
Vietnamese bài
- bàiTranslations
Welsh cerdyn chwarae, carden chwarae
- cerdyn chwaraeTranslations
- carden chwaraeTranslations
Yiddish קאָרט
- קאָרט (kort)Translations
Cite this entry
playing card. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/playing%20card
“playing card.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/playing%20card. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “playing card,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/playing%20card.
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