Phrase guide

business card

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A small card with a person's name and professional information (such as occupation, business phone number, e-mail address, etc.).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a card on which are printed the person's name and business affiliation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: card, identity card

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

119 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: kartëvizitë — small card
  • Arabic: بِطَاقَة عَمَل (biṭāqat ʕamal) — small card
  • Arabic: بِطَاقَة مُؤَسَّسَة (biṭāqat muʔassasa) — small card
  • Armenian: այցեքարտ (aycʻekʻart) — small card
  • Azerbaijani: vizit kartoçkası — small card
  • Azerbaijani: vizitka — small card
  • Basque: helbide-txartel — small card
  • Belarusian: візі́тная ка́ртка (vizítnaja kártka) — small card
  • Belarusian: візіто́ўка (vizitówka) — small card
  • Bengali: বিজনেস কার্ড (bijnes karḍ) — small card
  • Bulgarian: визи́тка (vizítka) — small card
  • Burmese: နာမည်ကဒ် (namanykad) — small card
  • Catalan: targeta de visita — small card
  • Catalan: carta de visita — small card
  • Chinese Cantonese: 咭片 — small card
  • Chinese Cantonese: 名片 — small card
  • Hakka Chinese: 名片 (miàng-phién, miang2 piên3) — small card
  • Chinese: 名片 (zh-min-nan) — small card
  • Chinese: 名刺 (bêng-chhì, miâ-chhì, mè-sì) — small card
  • Chinese: 名誌 /名志 (bêng-chì) — small card
  • Chinese: 片單 /片单 (phiàn-toan) — small card
  • Jin Chinese: 名片 (ming1 pie3) — small card
  • Chinese Mandarin: 名片 (míngpiàn) — small card
  • Chinese Mandarin: 名刺 (míngcì) — small card
  • Chinese Mandarin: 名帖 (míngtiě) — small card
  • Czech: vizitka — small card
  • Danish: visitkort — small card
  • Dutch: visitekaartje — small card
  • Esperanto: vizitkarto — small card
  • Estonian: visiitkaart — small card
  • Finnish: käyntikortti — small card
  • French: carte de visite — small card
  • Galician: cartón de visita — small card
  • Galician: tarxeta de visita — small card
  • Georgian: სადარბაზო ბარათი (sadarbazo barati) — small card
  • Georgian: სავიზიტო ბარათი (saviziṭo barati) — small card
  • Georgian: ვიზიტკა (viziṭḳa) — small card
  • German: Visitenkarte — small card
  • Greek: επαγγελματική κάρτα (epangelmatikí kárta) — small card
  • Hebrew: כַּרְטִיס בִּקּוּר (kartís bikúr) — small card
  • Hindi: परिचय कार्ड (paricay kārḍ) — small card
  • Hindi: बिज़नेस कार्ड (biznes kārḍ) — small card
  • Hindi: व्यवसाय कार्ड (vyavsāy kārḍ) — small card
  • Hungarian: névjegykártya — small card
  • Hungarian: névjegy — small card
  • Icelandic: nafnspjald — small card
  • Indonesian: kartu nama — small card
  • Irish: cárta gnó — small card
  • Italian: biglietto da visita — small card
  • Japanese: 名刺 (meishi) — small card
  • Japanese: 手札 (tefuda) — small card
  • Kazakh: визит карточкасы (vizit kartoçkasy) — small card
  • Khmer: នាមប័ណ្ណ (niəmĕəʼban) — small card
  • Korean: 명함 (myeongham) — small card
  • Kyrgyz: визит карточкасы (vizit kartockası) — small card
  • Lao: ນາມບັດ (nām bat) — small card
  • Latvian: vizītkarte — small card
  • Lithuanian: vizitinė kortelė — small card
  • Luxembourgish: Visittekaart — small card
  • Macedonian: визит-карта (vizit-karta) — small card
  • Macedonian: посетница (posetnica) — small card
  • Malay: kad perniagaan — small card
  • Malay: kad bisnes — small card
  • Maltese: biljett — small card
  • Mongolian: нэрийн хуудас (neriin xuudas) — small card
  • Norwegian Bokmål: visittkort — small card
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: visittkort — small card
  • Pannonian Rusyn: визитка (vizitka) — small card
  • Pannonian Rusyn: визиткарта (vizitkarta) — small card
  • Iranian Persian: کارْتِ ویزیت (kârt-e vizit) — small card
  • Polish: wizytówka — small card
  • Polish: bilet wizytowy — small card
  • Polish: karta wizytowa — small card
  • Portuguese: cartão — small card
  • Portuguese: cartão de visita — small card
  • Romanian: carte de vizită — small card
  • Romansh: carta da visita — small card
  • Russian: визи́тная ка́рточка (vizítnaja kártočka) — small card
  • Russian: визи́тка (vizítka) — small card
  • Serbo-Croatian: по̀сетница — small card
  • Serbo-Croatian: по̀сјетница — small card
  • Serbo-Croatian: вѝзитка̄рта — small card
  • Serbo-Croatian: вѝзитка — small card
  • Serbo-Croatian: pòsetnica — small card
  • Serbo-Croatian: pòsjetnica — small card
  • Serbo-Croatian: vìzitkārta — small card
  • Serbo-Croatian: vìzitka — small card
  • Slovak: vizitka — small card
  • Slovene: vizitka — small card
  • Spanish: tarjeta de visita — small card
  • Spanish: tarjeta de presentación — small card
  • Spanish: tarjeta de negocios — small card
  • Spanish: tarjeta de profesional — small card
  • Spanish: tarjeta de contacto — small card
  • Spanish: tarja — small card
  • Spanish: tarjeta empresarial — small card
  • Spanish: tarjeta comercial — small card
  • Swahili: kadi kazi — small card
  • Swedish: visitkort — small card
  • Tagalog: tarheta — small card
  • Tajik: корти боздид (kort-i bozdid) — small card
  • Tajik: варақаи боздид (varaqa-yi bozdid) — small card
  • Thai: นามบัตร (naam-bàt) — small card
  • Turkish: kartvizit — small card
  • Turkmen: wizit kartoçka — small card
  • Turkmen: wizit kartoçkasy — small card
  • Ukrainian: візиті́вка (vizytívka) — small card
  • Ukrainian: візи́тка (vizýtka) — small card
  • Ukrainian: візи́тна ка́ртка (vizýtna kártka) — small card
  • Urdu: مُلاقاتی پَرْچی (mulāqātī parcī) — small card
  • Urdu: وِیزِیٹِن٘گ کارْڈ (vīzīṭiṅg kārḍ) — small card
  • Uyghur: ئىسىم كارتىسى (isim kartisi) — small card
  • Uyghur: ئىسىم كارتوچكىسى (isim kartochkisi) — small card
  • Uzbek: vizit kartochkasi — small card
  • Uzbek: vizitka — small card
  • Vietnamese: danh thiếp — small card
  • Vietnamese: cạc vi-dít — small card
  • Walloon: cwåte di vizite — small card
  • Welsh: cerdyn ymweld — small card