"identity document" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: identity documents [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} identity document (plural identity documents)
  1. A document which may be used to prove a person's identity. Wikipedia link: identity document Synonyms: identification, ID, papers Related terms: identity card, travel document Translations (document): 證件 (Chinese Mandarin), 证件 (zhèngjiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), henkilötodistus (Finnish), henkilöllisyystodistus (Finnish), pièce d’identité [feminine] (French), dowód osobisty [masculine] (Polish), documento de identidade [masculine] (Portuguese), document de identitate [neuter] (Romanian), občiansky preukaz [masculine] (Slovak), identitetshandling [common-gender] (Swedish), id-handling (Swedish), ID [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-identity_document-en-noun-4EYV43ys Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

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