"keycard" meaning in English

See keycard in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: keycards [plural]
Etymology: From key (“lock opener”) + card (“piece of plastic”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|key|card|t1=lock opener|t2=piece of plastic}} key (“lock opener”) + card (“piece of plastic”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} keycard (plural keycards)
  1. A usually plastic card which stores a digital signature that is used to operate an electronic access control lock. Categories (topical): Security Synonyms: card key Derived forms: keycard lock Translations (plastic card): քարտ-բանալի (kʿart-banali) (Armenian), 門卡 (Chinese Mandarin), 门卡 (ménkǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), 房卡 (fángkǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), nøglekort [neuter] (Danish), sleutelkaart [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), ŝlosilkarto (Esperanto), avainkortti (Finnish), Schlüsselkarte [feminine, literally] (German), Pass [masculine] (German), kulcskártya (Hungarian), カードキー (kādokī) (Japanese), chartula ad accessum (english: card for access) [literally] (Latin), клуч-картичка (kluč-kartička) [feminine] (Macedonian), nøkkelkort [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), nykelkort [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), nøkkelkort [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), tarjeta de acceso [feminine] (Spanish), nyckelkort [neuter] (Swedish), คีย์การ์ด (keykhard) (Thai), giriş kartı (Turkish), anahtar kart (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-keycard-en-noun-iM16WyVU Disambiguation of Security: 100 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 82 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: key card
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: keycards [plural]
Etymology: From key (“important”) + card (“playing card”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|key|card|t1=important|t2=playing card}} key (“important”) + card (“playing card”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} keycard (plural keycards)
  1. (bridge) In Roman keycard Blackwood, an ace of any suit or the king of trumps. Categories (topical): Bridge
    Sense id: en-keycard-en-noun-PR7nC8n3 Topics: bridge, games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: key card
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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