Phrase guide

credit card

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈkɹɛdɪt ˌkɑɹd/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A plastic card, usually with a magnetic strip or an embedded microchip, connected to a credit account and used to buy goods or services.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: banking, business

Examples

  • Can you pay by credit card in that store? - Sure, actually I've used my credit card this very morning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: chargecard

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: card, bank card, payment card

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any type of bank card.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the person using it has a satisfactory credit rating and that the issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for the merchandise delivered

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • do you take plastic?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: charge card, charge plate, plastic

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: positive identification, open-end credit, revolving credit, charge account credit

Narrower terms: bank card, calling card, phone card, cash card, cashcard

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

112 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: kredietkaart — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Albanian: kartë krediti — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Amharic: ክሬዲት ካርድ (kəredit kard) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Arabic: بِطَاقَةُ اِئْتِمَان (biṭāqatu iʔtimān) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Arabic: بِطَاقَةُ تَسْلِيف (biṭāqatu taslīf) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Arabic: كْرِدِت كَرْد (kridit kard) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟܪܲܛ ܝܼܙܲܦܬܵܐ (kraṭ īzaptā) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Armenian: վարկային քարտ (varkayin kʻart) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Asturian: tarxeta de creitu — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Azerbaijani: kredit kartı — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Basque: kreditu-txartel — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Belarusian: крэды́тная ка́ртка (kredýtnaja kártka) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Belarusian: крэды́тка (kredýtka) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Belarusian: ка́рта растэрміно́ўкі (kárta rasterminówki) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Bengali: ক্রেডিট কার্ড (kreḍiṭ karḍo) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Bulgarian: кре́дитна ка́рта (kréditna kárta) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Burmese: အကြွေးဝယ်ကတ်ပြား (a.krwe:waikatpra:) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Catalan: targeta de crèdit — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Chinese Cantonese: 信用卡 (seon3 jung6 kaat1) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Chinese Cantonese: 信用咭 (seon3 jung6 kaat1) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Hakka Chinese: 信用卡 (sin-yung-khá) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Chinese: 信用卡 (sìn-iōng-khah) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Chinese Mandarin: 信用卡 (xìnyòngkǎ) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Wu Chinese: 信用卡 (5shin-yon-ka) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Czech: kreditní karta — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Danish: kreditkort — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Dutch: creditcard — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Dutch: kredietkaart — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Esperanto: kreditkarto — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Estonian: krediitkaart — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Finnish: luottokortti — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • French: carte de crédit — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Galician: tarxeta de crédito — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Galician: cartón de crédito — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Georgian: საკრედიტო ბარათი (saḳrediṭo barati) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • German: Kreditkarte — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Greek: πιστωτική κάρτα (pistotikí kárta) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Greenlandic: akiliut — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Greenlandic: akiliissut — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Gujarati: ધિરાણપત્ર (dhirāṇpatra) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Hebrew: כַּרְטִיס אַשְׁרַאי (kartís ashráy) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Hindi: क्रेडिट कार्ड (kreḍiṭ kārḍ) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Hungarian: hitelkártya — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Icelandic: kreditkort — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Indonesian: kartu kredit — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Irish: cárta creidmheasa — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Italian: carta di credito — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Japanese: クレジットカード (kurejitto kādo) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Kazakh: несие картасы (nesie kartasy) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Kazakh: несие карточкасы (nesie kartoçkasy) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Khmer: ប័ណ្ណឥណទាន (pannaʼ ʼɨntiən) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Korean: 신용 카드 (sinyong kadeu) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Korean: 크레디트 카드 (keurediteu kadeu) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Northern Kurdish: karta krêdiyê — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Kyrgyz: кредиттик карт (kredittik kart) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Kyrgyz: насыя картасы (nasıya kartası) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Lao: ບັດເຄຣດິດ (bat khē dit) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Latin: tessera crediticia — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Latvian: kredītkarte — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Lithuanian: kredito kortelė — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Macedonian: кредитна картичка (kreditna kartička) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Malay: kad kredit — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Māori: kāri taurewa — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Māori: kāri tāwere — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Mòcheno: kredit kòrt — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Mongolian: кредит карт (kredit kart) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Mongolian: зээлийн карт (zeeliin kart) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Mongolian: итгэлт карт (itgelt kart) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Norman: carte dé crédit — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kredittkort — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bankkort — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Odia: କ୍ରେଡିଟ କାର୍ଡ଼ (kreḍiṭa kārṛa) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Pashto: باور کارډ (bāwar kārḍ) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Iranian Persian: کارْتِ اِعْتِباری (kârt-e e'tebâri) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Iranian Persian: کِرِدیت کارْت (keredit kârt) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Polish: karta kredytowa — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Portuguese: cartão de crédito — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Punjabi: ਕ੍ਰੈਡਿਟ ਕਾਰਡ (kraiḍiṭ kāraḍ) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Romanian: carte de credit — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Russian: креди́тная ка́рточка (kredítnaja kártočka) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Russian: креди́тная ка́рта (kredítnaja kárta) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Russian: креди́тка (kredítka) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Scottish Gaelic: cairt-iasaid — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Scottish Gaelic: cairt-creideis — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Serbo-Croatian: кредитна картица — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Serbo-Croatian: кредитна карта — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Serbo-Croatian: kreditna kartica — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Serbo-Croatian: kreditna karta — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Sinhalese: ක්රෙඩිට් කාඩ්පත (kreḍiṭ kāḍpata) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Slovak: kreditná karta — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Slovene: kreditna kartica — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Spanish: tarjeta de crédito — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Swahili: kadi ya mkopo — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Swedish: kreditkort — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Tajik: корти кредитӣ (kort-i krediti) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Tamil: கடன் அட்டை (kaṭaṉ aṭṭai) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Tatar: кредит картасы (kredit qartası) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Thai: บัตรเครดิต (bàt-kree-dìt) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Turkish: kredi kartı — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Turkmen: kredit kartoçka — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Ukrainian: креди́тна ка́ртка (kredýtna kártka) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Ukrainian: кредито́ва ка́ртка (kredytóva kártka) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Ukrainian: креди́тка (kredýtka) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Urdu: کِریڈِٹ کارْڈ (kireḍiṭ kārḍ) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Uyghur: كرېدىت كارتوچكىسى (krëdit kartochkisi) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Uyghur: كرېدىت كارتىسى (krëdit kartisi) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Uyghur: ئىناۋەتلىك كارتا (inawetlik karta) — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Uzbek: kredit kartasi — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Vietnamese: thẻ tín dụng — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Welsh: cerdyn credyd — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Zhuang: gajsaenqyungh — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
  • Zhuang: sinyunggaj — card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services