Phrase guide

debit card

noun · 2 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: /ˈdɛbɪt ˌkɑɹd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A card similar to a credit card, but which withdraws funds directly from the bank account, rather than borrowing the funds from the issuer of the card.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: banking, business

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: uncredit card

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: payment card, bank card

2

noun

Meaning 2

a card (usually plastic) that enables the holder to withdraw money or to have the cost of purchases charged directly to the holder's bank account

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: debietkaart — card taking money directly from the bank account
  • Arabic: بِطَاقَة مَدِين (biṭāqat madīn) — card taking money directly from the bank account
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟܪܲܛ ܚܵܘܒܵܐ (kraṭ ḥāwbā) — card taking money directly from the bank account
  • Bulgarian: дебитна карта (debitna karta) — card taking money directly from the bank account
  • Catalan: targeta de dèbit — card taking money directly from the bank account
  • Chinese Mandarin: 轉賬卡 /转账卡 (zhuǎnzhàngkǎ) — card taking money directly from the bank account
  • Chinese Mandarin: 借記卡 /借记卡 (jièjìkǎ) — card taking money directly from the bank account
  • Chinese Mandarin: 簽帳卡 /签帐卡 (qiānzhàngkǎ) — card taking money directly from the bank account
  • Chinese Mandarin: 儲蓄卡 /储蓄卡 (chǔxùkǎ) — card taking money directly from the bank account
  • Czech: debetní karta — card taking money directly from the bank account
  • Danish: debetkort — card taking money directly from the bank account
  • Dutch: debetkaart — card taking money directly from the bank account
  • Esperanto: debetkarto — card taking money directly from the bank account
  • Estonian: deebetkaart — card taking money directly from the bank account
  • Faroese: gjaldkort — card taking money directly from the bank account
  • Finnish: pankkikortti — card taking money directly from the bank account
  • Finnish: käteiskortti — card taking money directly from the bank account
  • French: carte de débit — card taking money directly from the bank account
  • Georgian: სადებეტო ბარათი (sadebeṭo barati) — card taking money directly from the bank account
  • German: Debitkarte — card taking money directly from the bank account
  • German: EC-Karte — card taking money directly from the bank account
  • Greek: χρεωστική κάρτα (chreostikí kárta) — card taking money directly from the bank account
  • Hebrew: כַּרְטִיס חִיּוּב מִיָּדִי (kartís khiyúv miyadí) — card taking money directly from the bank account
  • Hungarian: betéti kártya — card taking money directly from the bank account
  • Icelandic: debetkort — card taking money directly from the bank account
  • Indonesian: kartu debit — card taking money directly from the bank account
  • Italian: carta di debito — card taking money directly from the bank account
  • Japanese: デビットカード (debitto kādo) — card taking money directly from the bank account
  • Korean: 직불 카드 (jikbul kadeu) — card taking money directly from the bank account
  • Macedonian: дебитна картичка (debitna kartička) — card taking money directly from the bank account
  • Malay: kad debit — card taking money directly from the bank account
  • Mongolian: дебит карт — card taking money directly from the bank account
  • Norman: carte dé débit — card taking money directly from the bank account
  • Norwegian Bokmål: debetkort — card taking money directly from the bank account
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: debetkort — card taking money directly from the bank account
  • Polish: karta debetowa — card taking money directly from the bank account
  • Portuguese: cartão de débito — card taking money directly from the bank account
  • Punjabi: ਡੈਬਿਟ ਕਾਰਡ (ḍaibiṭ kāraḍ) — card taking money directly from the bank account
  • Romanian: card de debit — card taking money directly from the bank account
  • Russian: дебето́вая ка́рта (debetóvaja kárta) — card taking money directly from the bank account
  • Spanish: tarjeta de débito — card taking money directly from the bank account
  • Thai: บัตรเดบิต (bàt-dee-bìt) — card taking money directly from the bank account
  • Ukrainian: дебетова картка (debetova kartka) — card taking money directly from the bank account
  • Vietnamese: thẻ ghi nợ — card taking money directly from the bank account