"car key" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: car keys [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} car key (plural car keys)
  1. A key used to unlock or start a car. Synonyms: carkey [rare] Derived forms: electronic car key Translations (a key used to unlock or start a car — see also ignition key): 車匙 (Chinese Cantonese), 车匙 (ce¹ si⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), autosleutel [masculine] (Dutch), autonavain (Finnish), clé de voiture [feminine] (French), Autoschlüssel [masculine] (German), biilačoavdda (Northern Sami), bilnøkkel [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), klucz samochodowy [masculine] (Polish), kluczyk [masculine] (Polish), ключ от маши́ны (ključ ot mašíny) [masculine] (Russian), llave de coche [feminine] (Spanish)
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      "sense": "a key used to unlock or start a car — see also ignition key",
      "word": "車匙"
    },
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      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "ce¹ si⁴",
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      "word": "车匙"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "a key used to unlock or start a car — see also ignition key",
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "biilačoavdda"
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      "sense": "a key used to unlock or start a car — see also ignition key",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "a key used to unlock or start a car — see also ignition key",
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      "word": "ключ от маши́ны"
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      "code": "es",
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