Standard Lemma guide

flashcard

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.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • General-American: flăshʹkärd'
  • General-American: /ˈflæʃˌkɑɹd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: F L AE1 SH K AA2 R D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A card used to aid rote memorization. One side of the card contains data of one kind, or a question, and the other side contains the associated response which one wants to memorize. For example, one side could contain an English word, and the other side the Spanish translation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Many people use flashcards to learn languages.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: flipcard

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A solid-state digital memory storage format, commonly found on computers, digital cameras and cellphones.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: memory card, memory cartridge

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a card with words or numbers or pictures that is flashed to a class by the teacher

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: flash card

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: poster, posting, placard, notice, bill, card

History

Etymology

From flash + card.

Across languages

Translations

53 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بِطَاقَة إِسْتَذْكَار — memorization aide
  • Arabic: بِطَاقَة تَعْلِيمِيَّة (bitāqa taʕlīmiyya) — memorization aide
  • Bulgarian: флашка́рта (flaškárta) — memorization aide
  • Chinese Mandarin: 抽認卡 /抽认卡 (chōurènkǎ) — memorization aide
  • Chinese Mandarin: 閃卡 /闪卡 (shǎnkǎ) — memorization aide
  • Czech: kartička — memorization aide
  • Dutch: steekkaart — memorization aide
  • Finnish: opettelukortti — memorization aide
  • French: carte mémoire — memorization aide
  • French: flashcard — memorization aide
  • German: Lernkarte — memorization aide
  • German: Lernkartei — memorization aide
  • Greek: κάρτα flash (kárta flash) — memorization aide
  • Indonesian: kartu kilas — memorization aide
  • Indonesian: kartu kosakata — memorization aide
  • Indonesian: kartu pengingat — memorization aide
  • Indonesian: kartu soal — memorization aide
  • Japanese: 教材用のカード (kyōzaiyō no kādo) — memorization aide
  • Japanese: フラッシュカード (furasshu kādo) — memorization aide
  • Korean: 플래시 카드 (peullaesi kadeu) — memorization aide
  • Macedonian: мемо́риска ка́ртичка (memóriska kártička) — memorization aide
  • Maltese: leħħa — memorization aide
  • Polish: fiszka — memorization aide
  • Portuguese: flash card — memorization aide
  • Portuguese: flashcard — memorization aide
  • Russian: ка́рточка (kártočka) — memorization aide
  • Russian: обуча́ющая ка́рточка (obučájuščaja kártočka) — memorization aide
  • Russian: ка́рточка для запомина́ния (kártočka dlja zapominánija) — memorization aide
  • Russian: флэшка́рта (flɛškárta) — memorization aide
  • Spanish: flashcard — memorization aide
  • Spanish: tarjeta memorista — memorization aide
  • Spanish: tarjeta mnemotécnica — memorization aide
  • Spanish: tarjeta memorística — memorization aide
  • Spanish: ficha memorativa — memorization aide
  • Spanish: ficha didáctica — memorization aide
  • Spanish: ficha mnemónica — memorization aide
  • Swedish: skrivkort — memorization aide
  • Chinese Mandarin: 閃存卡 /闪存卡 (shǎncúnkǎ) — solid-state digital memory
  • Dutch: flitskaart — solid-state digital memory
  • Finnish: muistikortti — solid-state digital memory
  • French: carte mémoire — solid-state digital memory
  • German: Speicherkarte — solid-state digital memory
  • Greek: κάρτα flash (kárta flash) — solid-state digital memory
  • Hungarian: tanulókártya — solid-state digital memory
  • Indonesian: kartu memori — solid-state digital memory
  • Japanese: メモリーカード — solid-state digital memory
  • Māori: kāri mahara — solid-state digital memory
  • Portuguese: cartão de memória — solid-state digital memory
  • Russian: флэшка́рта (flɛškárta) — solid-state digital memory
  • Spanish: tarjeta de memoria — solid-state digital memory
  • Swedish: flashkort — solid-state digital memory
  • Swedish: minneskort — solid-state digital memory
  • Thai: แฟลชการ์ด (flâet gàat) — solid-state digital memory