Phrase guide

greeting card

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A card, typically folded in half and available commercially, that is sent to someone as a greeting. (This entry is a translation hub.)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a card sent to express personal greetings

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: card

Narrower terms: birthday card, Christmas card, Easter card, Valentine

History

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Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: բացիկ (bacʻik) — card sent as a greeting
  • Bulgarian: поздрави́телна ка́ртичка (pozdravítelna kártička) — card sent as a greeting
  • Chinese Mandarin: 賀卡 /贺卡 (hèkǎ) — card sent as a greeting
  • Dutch: wenskaart — card sent as a greeting
  • Esperanto: salutkarto — card sent as a greeting
  • Estonian: õnnitluskaart — card sent as a greeting
  • Finnish: onnittelukortti — card sent as a greeting
  • French: carte de vœux — card sent as a greeting
  • German: Glückwunschkarte — card sent as a greeting
  • German: Grußkarte — card sent as a greeting
  • Greek: ευχετήρια κάρτα (efchetíria kárta) — card sent as a greeting
  • Hebrew: כרטיס ברכה (kartis bracha) — card sent as a greeting
  • Hungarian: üdvözlőlap — card sent as a greeting
  • Hungarian: üdvözlőkártya — card sent as a greeting
  • Irish: cárta beannachta — card sent as a greeting
  • Italian: cartolina di auguri — card sent as a greeting
  • Japanese: グリーティングカード (gurītingukādo) — card sent as a greeting
  • Japanese: 挨拶状 (aisatsu-jō) — card sent as a greeting
  • : ᦶᦕᧃᧈᦀᦳᧃᧈᦑᦳᧃ (ṗhaen1 ̇ʼun1tun) — card sent as a greeting
  • Malay: kad ucapan — card sent as a greeting
  • Polish: kartka z pozdrowieniami — card sent as a greeting
  • Portuguese: cartão — card sent as a greeting
  • Punjabi: ਵਧਾਈ ਪੱਤਰ (vadhāī pattar) — card sent as a greeting
  • Romanian: felicitare — card sent as a greeting
  • Russian: поздрави́тельная откры́тка (pozdravítelʹnaja otkrýtka) — card sent as a greeting
  • Spanish: tarjeta de felicitación — card sent as a greeting
  • Swedish: gratulationskort — card sent as a greeting