trading card

US/ˈtɹeɪd.ɪŋ ˌkɑɹd/

noun

A collectible card, sometimes sticker, usually made out of paperboard or thick paper, which usually contains an image of a certain person, place or thing (fictional or real) and a short description of the picture, along with other text (attacks, statistics, or trivia). There is a wide variation of different types of cards, like sports, cars, natural history, film characters or other information of interest to purchasers. Sometimes is included with tobacco, food or confectionery products.

Meanings

nountrading card (plural trading cards)

plural trading cards

  1. A collectible card, sometimes sticker, usually made out of paperboard or thick paper, which usually contains an image of a certain person, place or thing (fictional or real) and a short description of the picture, along with other text (attacks, statistics, or trivia). There is a wide variation of different types of cards, like sports, cars, natural history, film characters or other information of interest to purchasers. Sometimes is included with tobacco, food or confectionery products.

    Synonyms: trade card, picture card

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA collectible card, sometimes sticker, usually made out of paperboard or thick paper, which usually contains an image of a certain person, place or thing (fictional or real) and a short description of the picture, along with other text (attacks, statistics, or trivia). There is a wide variation of different types of cards, like sports, cars, natural history, film characters or other information of interest to purchasers. Sometimes is included with tobacco, food or confectionery products.

Translations

Basque kromo
  • kromocollectible card featuring information of interest to purchasers
Catalan cromo
  • cromocollectible card featuring information of interest to purchasers
Danish samlekort
  • samlekortcollectible card featuring information of interest to purchasers
Finnish keräilykortti
  • keräilykortticollectible card featuring information of interest to purchasers
French carte à collectionner
  • carte à collectionnercollectible card featuring information of interest to purchasers
German Sammelsticker, Sammelbild
  • Sammelstickercollectible card featuring information of interest to purchasers
  • Sammelbildcollectible card featuring information of interest to purchasers
  • Sammelkartecollectible card featuring information of interest to purchasers
  • Liebigbildcollectible card featuring information of interest to purchasers
Italian figurina
  • figurinacollectible card featuring information of interest to purchasers
Polish karta kolekcjonerska
  • karta kolekcjonerskacollectible card featuring information of interest to purchasers
Portuguese cromo, figurinha
  • cromocollectible card featuring information of interest to purchasers
  • figurinhacollectible card featuring information of interest to purchasers
  • estampa ilustradacollectible card featuring information of interest to purchasers
Spanish cromo, lámina
  • cromocollectible card featuring information of interest to purchasers
  • láminacollectible card featuring information of interest to purchasers
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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

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