"SIM card" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɪm ˌkɑː(ɹ)d/ Audio: En-us-SIM card.oga Forms: SIM cards [plural]
Etymology: From SIM (i.e. Subscriber Identity Module) + card. Etymology templates: {{af|en|SIM|card|pos1=i.e. Subscriber Identity Module}} SIM (i.e. Subscriber Identity Module) + card Head templates: {{en-noun}} SIM card (plural SIM cards)
  1. A small, removable card smaller than a credit card which stores mobile phone data such as contact names and numbers, SMSs and security information. Related terms: Subscriber Identity Module, dual SIM, dual-SIM, triple SIM, triple-SIM Translations (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data): بِطَاقَة SIM (alt: biṭāqa(t) SIM) [feminine] (Arabic), SIM քարտ (SIM kʻart) (Armenian), SIM txartel (Basque), SIM карта (SIM karta) (Bulgarian), SIM (Catalan), SIM卡 (sim¹ kaat¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 電話卡 /电话卡 (alt: din⁶ waa⁶⁻² kaat³) (Chinese Cantonese), SIM卡 (SIM kǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), 手機卡 /手机卡 (shǒujīkǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), 电话卡 (diànhuàkǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), SIM karta (Czech), simkaart (Dutch), SIM-karto (Esperanto), SIM-kaart (Estonian), SIM-kortti (Finnish), carte SIM [feminine] (French), SIM-ბარათი (SIM-barati) (Georgian), SIM ბარათი (SIM barati) (Georgian), სიმ-ბარათი (sim-barati) (Georgian), სიმ ბარათი (sim barati) (Georgian), SIM-Karte [feminine] (German), κάρτα SIM (kárta SIM) [feminine] (Greek), כרטיס סים (kartís sim) [masculine] (Hebrew), כרטיס SIM (kartís SIM) (Hebrew), सिम कार्ड (sim kārḍ) (Hindi), SIM-kártya (Hungarian), SIM-kort [neuter] (Icelandic), símkort [neuter] (Icelandic), kartu SIM (Indonesian), cárta SIM [masculine] (Irish), carta SIM [feminine] (Italian), SIM card [feminine] (Italian), SIMカード (shimu kādo) (Japanese), ស៊ីមកាត (siim kaat) (Khmer), 유심 (yusim) (Korean), SIM karte (Latvian), SIM kortelė (Lithuanian), karta SIM [feminine] (Maltese), SIM карт (SIM kart) (Mongolian), سیمکارت (Persian), karta SIM (Polish), cartão SIM (Portuguese), chip (Portuguese), ਸਿਮ ਕਾਰਡ (sim kāraḍ) [masculine] (Punjabi), SIM-ка́рта (SIM-kárta) [feminine] (Russian), си́мка (símka) [colloquial, feminine] (Russian), cairt SIM [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), tarjeta SIM [feminine] (Spanish), chip (telefónico / celular / móvil) [masculine] (Spanish), kadi ya SIM (Swahili), sim-kort [neuter] (Swedish), ซิมการ์ด (sim-gáat) (Thai), Simkart (Turkish), SIM-карта (SIM-karta) (Ukrainian), سم کارڈ (sim kārḍ) (Urdu), thẻ SIM (Vietnamese), cerdyn SIM [masculine] (Welsh)
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          "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
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          "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
          "word": "SIM karte"
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          "word": "cartão SIM"
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          "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
          "word": "chip"
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          "roman": "sim kāraḍ",
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          "word": "ਸਿਮ ਕਾਰਡ"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "SIM-kárta",
          "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "SIM-ка́рта"
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          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "cairt SIM"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "tarjeta SIM"
        },
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          "code": "es",
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          "word": "chip (telefónico / celular / móvil)"
        },
        {
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
          "word": "kadi ya SIM"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
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          "word": "sim-kort"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "sim-gáat",
          "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
          "word": "ซิมการ์ด"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
          "word": "Simkart"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "SIM-karta",
          "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
          "word": "SIM-карта"
        },
        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "sim kārḍ",
          "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
          "word": "سم کارڈ"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
          "word": "thẻ SIM"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "cerdyn SIM"
        }
      ]
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        "Terms with Dutch translations",
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        "Terms with Hebrew translations",
        "Terms with Hindi translations",
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        "Terms with Icelandic translations",
        "Terms with Indonesian translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
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        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Khmer translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
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        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Mongolian translations",
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        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
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        "Terms with Spanish translations",
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        "Terms with Swedish translations",
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        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
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          "text": "Despite the ongoing health crisis, the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) has ordered phone operators in the country to block SIM cards not linked to a national identity number (NIN), used to bundle together biometric records such as fingerprints and headshots. […] Even when people manage to get a NIN, they must then integrate it with their SIM card by texting their service provider a code, a process that users say is sometimes glitchy.",
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      "alt": "biṭāqa(t) SIM",
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      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "بِطَاقَة SIM"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "SIM kʻart",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "word": "SIM քարտ"
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      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "word": "SIM txartel"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "SIM karta",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "word": "SIM карта"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "word": "SIM"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "sim¹ kaat¹",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "word": "SIM卡"
    },
    {
      "alt": "din⁶ waa⁶⁻² kaat³",
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "word": "電話卡 /电话卡"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "SIM kǎ",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "word": "SIM卡"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shǒujīkǎ",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "word": "手機卡 /手机卡"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "diànhuàkǎ",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "word": "电话卡"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "word": "SIM karta"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "word": "simkaart"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "word": "SIM-karto"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "word": "SIM-kaart"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "word": "SIM-kortti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "carte SIM"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "SIM-barati",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "word": "SIM-ბარათი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "SIM barati",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "word": "SIM ბარათი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sim-barati",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "word": "სიმ-ბარათი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sim barati",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "word": "სიმ ბარათი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "SIM-Karte"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kárta SIM",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "κάρτα SIM"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "kartís sim",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "כרטיס סים"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "kartís SIM",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "word": "כרטיס SIM"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "sim kārḍ",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "word": "सिम कार्ड"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "word": "SIM-kártya"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "SIM-kort"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "símkort"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "word": "kartu SIM"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cárta SIM"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "carta SIM"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "SIM card"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shimu kādo",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "word": "SIMカード"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "siim kaat",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "word": "ស៊ីមកាត"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yusim",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "word": "유심"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "word": "SIM karte"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "word": "SIM kortelė"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "karta SIM"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "SIM kart",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "word": "SIM карт"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "word": "سیمکارت"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "word": "karta SIM"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "word": "cartão SIM"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "word": "chip"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "sim kāraḍ",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ਸਿਮ ਕਾਰਡ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "SIM-kárta",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "SIM-ка́рта"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "símka",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "си́мка"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cairt SIM"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tarjeta SIM"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chip (telefónico / celular / móvil)"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "word": "kadi ya SIM"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sim-kort"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sim-gáat",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "word": "ซิมการ์ด"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "word": "Simkart"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "SIM-karta",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "word": "SIM-карта"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "sim kārḍ",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "word": "سم کارڈ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "word": "thẻ SIM"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "small, removable card which stores mobile phone data",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cerdyn SIM"
    }
  ],
  "word": "SIM card"
}

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