Phrase guide

identity card

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A card or badge showing the official identity of the bearer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: IC, ID card

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a card certifying the identity of the bearer

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he had to show his card to get in

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: card

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: positive identification

Narrower terms: business card, donor card, keycard, membership card, library card, borrower's card, ration card

History

Etymology

From identity + card.

Across languages

Translations

155 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: letërnjoftim — identity card
  • Albanian: kartë identiteti — identity card
  • Arabic: بِطَاقَة هُوِيَّة (biṭāqat huwiyya) — identity card
  • Arabic: بِطَاقَة تَعْرِيف (biṭāqat taʕrīf) — identity card
  • Arabic: بِطَاقَة تَحْقِيق الشَّخْصِيَّة (biṭāqat taḥqīq aš-šaḵṣiyya) — identity card
  • Arabic: بِطَاقَة شَخْصِيَّة (biṭāqa šaḵṣiyya) — identity card
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟܪܲܛ ܗܝܼܵܝܘܼܬܵܐ (kraṭ hīyāyūtā) — identity card
  • Armenian: նույնականացման քարտ (nuynakanacʻman kʻart) — identity card
  • Azerbaijani: vəsiqə — identity card
  • Azerbaijani: şəxsiyyət vəsiqəsi — identity card
  • Basque: igarobide — identity card
  • Belarusian: пасве́дчанне асо́бы (pasvjédčannje asóby) — identity card
  • Belarusian: пасве́дчанне (pasvjédčannje) — identity card
  • Belarusian: пасьве́дчаньне асо́бы (pasʹvjédčanʹnje asóby) — identity card
  • Belarusian: пасьве́дчаньне (pasʹvjédčanʹnje) — identity card
  • Bengali: অভিজ্ঞান (obhiggên) — identity card
  • Bulgarian: ли́чна ка́рта (líčna kárta) — identity card
  • Catalan: carnet d'identitat — identity card
  • Chinese Mandarin: 身份證 /身份证 (shēnfènzhèng) — identity card
  • Chinese Mandarin: 證件 /证件 (zhèngjiàn) — identity card
  • Czech: průkaz totožnosti — identity card
  • Danish: identitetskort — identity card
  • Danish: legitimationskort — identity card
  • Dutch: identiteitskaart — identity card
  • Dutch: identiteitsbewijs — identity card
  • Esperanto: identigilo — identity card
  • Esperanto: identiga karto — identity card
  • Estonian: isikutunnistus — identity card
  • Estonian: ID-kaart — identity card
  • Faroese: samleikaprógv — identity card
  • Finnish: henkilökortti — identity card
  • Finnish: henkilöllisyystodistus — identity card
  • Finnish: henkilötodistus — identity card
  • French: carte d'identité — identity card
  • French: pièce d'identité — identity card
  • Georgian: ID ბარათი (ID barati) — identity card
  • Georgian: პირადობის მოწმობა (ṗiradobis moc̣moba) — identity card
  • Georgian: პირადობის დამადასტურებელი მოწმობა (ṗiradobis damadasṭurebeli moc̣moba) — identity card
  • Georgian: პირადობის დამადასტურებელი ბარათი (ṗiradobis damadasṭurebeli barati) — identity card
  • Georgian: საიდენტიფიკაციო ბარათი (saidenṭipiḳacio barati) — identity card
  • Georgian: პირადობა (ṗiradoba) — identity card
  • German: Ausweis — identity card
  • German: Personalausweis — identity card
  • German: ID — identity card
  • German: Identitätskarte — identity card
  • Greek: δελτίο αστυνομικής ταυτότητας (deltío astynomikís taftótitas) — identity card
  • Hebrew: תְּעוּדַת זֶהוּת (t'udát zehút) — identity card
  • Hindi: पहचान पत्र (pahcān patra) — identity card
  • Hungarian: személyi igazolvány — identity card
  • Hungarian: személyi — identity card
  • Icelandic: nafnskírteini — identity card
  • Icelandic: persónuskilríki — identity card
  • Indonesian: kartu identitas — identity card
  • Irish: cárta aitheantais — identity card
  • Italian: carta d'identità — identity card
  • Japanese: 身分証明書 (mibun shōmeisho) — identity card
  • Japanese: 身分証 (mibunshō) — identity card
  • Japanese: IDカード (aidī kādo) — identity card
  • Japanese: ID (aidī) — identity card
  • Kazakh: жеке бас куәлігі (jeke bas kuälıgı) — identity card
  • Kazakh: жеке куәлігі (jeke kuälıgı) — identity card
  • Korean: 신분증 (sinbunjeung) — identity card
  • Korean: 도민증 (dominjeung) — identity card
  • Korean: ID 카드 (aidi kadeu) — identity card
  • Central Kurdish: ناسنامە (nasname) — identity card
  • Central Kurdish: پێناس (pênas) — identity card
  • Central Kurdish: شوناسنامە (şunasname) — identity card
  • Central Kurdish: ھەویە (hewye) — identity card
  • Central Kurdish: سجل (scil) — identity card
  • Northern Kurdish: nasname — identity card
  • Northern Kurdish: pênas — identity card
  • Kyrgyz: инсандык күбөлүгү (insandık kübölügü) — identity card
  • Latvian: personas apliecība — identity card
  • Lithuanian: tapatybės kortelė — identity card
  • Macedonian: лична карта (lična karta) — identity card
  • Malay: kad pengenalan — identity card
  • Malay: KP — identity card
  • Maltese: karta tal-identità — identity card
  • Māori: TT — identity card
  • Māori: tau tāututanga — identity card
  • Marathi: ओळखपत्र (oḷakhpatra) — identity card
  • Mongolian: биеийн байцаалт (bijeiin bajcaalt) — identity card
  • Mongolian: үнэмлэх (ünemlex) — identity card
  • Mongolian: иргэний үнэмлэх (irgenii ünemlex) — identity card
  • Norwegian Bokmål: identitetskort — identity card
  • Norwegian Bokmål: legitimasjonskort — identity card
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kjenselkort — identity card
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ID-kort — identity card
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ID — identity card
  • Norwegian Bokmål: legitimasjon — identity card
  • Norwegian Bokmål: identitetspapir — identity card
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: legitimasjon — identity card
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: identitetspapir — identity card
  • Pashto: تذکره (tazkerá) — identity card
  • Pashto: شناختي پاس (šnãxti pãs) — identity card
  • Pashto: پېژند پاڼه (pežand pãṇa) — identity card
  • Dari: تَذْکِرَه (tazkira) — identity card
  • Iranian Persian: شِناسْنامِه (šenâsnâme) — identity card
  • Iranian Persian: کارْتِ شِناسایی (kârt-e šenâsâyi) — identity card
  • Iranian Persian: تَذْکِرِه (tazkere) — identity card
  • Iranian Persian: سَنَدِ هُوِیَّتی (sanad-e hoviyyati) — identity card
  • Polish: dowód osobisty — identity card
  • Portuguese: cartão de cidadão — identity card
  • Portuguese: CC — identity card
  • Portuguese: carteira de identidade — identity card
  • Portuguese: RG — identity card
  • Portuguese: bilhete de identidade — identity card
  • Portuguese: cartão de identificsßação — identity card
  • Punjabi: ਸ਼ਨਾਖ਼ਤੀ ਕਾਰਡ (śanāxtī kāraḍ) — identity card
  • Romanian: carte de identitate — identity card
  • Romanian: document de identitate — identity card
  • Romanian: card de identitate — identity card
  • Russian: удостовере́ние ли́чности (udostoverénije líčnosti) — identity card
  • Russian: па́спорт (pásport) — identity card
  • Russian: удостовере́ние (udostoverénije) — identity card
  • Russian: ли́чное удостовере́ние (líčnoje udostoverénije) — identity card
  • Scottish Gaelic: cairt-aithne — identity card
  • Serbo-Croatian: лична карта — identity card
  • Serbo-Croatian: особна исказница — identity card
  • Serbo-Croatian: lična karta — identity card
  • Serbo-Croatian: osobna iskaznica — identity card
  • Slovak: preukaz totožnosti — identity card
  • Slovene: osebna izkaznica — identity card
  • Spanish: carnet de identidad — identity card
  • Spanish: cédula de identidad — identity card
  • Spanish: cédula de ciudadanía — identity card
  • Spanish: credencial — identity card
  • Spanish: DNI — identity card
  • Swedish: identifikation — identity card
  • Swedish: legitimation — identity card
  • Swedish: ID-kort — identity card
  • Swedish: identitetskort — identity card
  • Tagalog: ladaw — identity card
  • Tajik: шиноснома (šinosnoma) — identity card
  • Tajik: корти шиносоӣ (kort-i šinosoyi) — identity card
  • Tajik: шаҳодатномаи шахсӣ (šahodatnoma-yi šaxsi) — identity card
  • Tajik: тазкира (tazkira) — identity card
  • Tamil: அடையாள அட்டை (aṭaiyāḷa aṭṭai) — identity card
  • Thai: บัตรประจําตัว (bàt-bprà-jam-dtuua) — identity card
  • Tigrinya: ወረቐት መንነት (wäräx̣ät männät) — identity card
  • Turkish: kimlik — identity card
  • Turkish: kimlik kartı — identity card
  • Turkish: nüfus cüzdanı — identity card
  • Turkmen: şahsyýetnama — identity card
  • Ukrainian: посві́дчення (posvídčennja) — identity card
  • Ukrainian: па́спорт (pásport) — identity card
  • Ukrainian: посві́дчення осо́би (posvídčennja osóby) — identity card
  • Urdu: شَناخْتی کارْڈ (śanāxtī kārḍ) — identity card
  • Uyghur: كىملىك (kimlik) — identity card
  • Uyghur: كىملىك كارتىسى (kimlik kartisi) — identity card
  • Uzbek: shaxsiy guvohnoma — identity card
  • Uzbek: shaxsiy guvohnomasi — identity card
  • Vietnamese: chứng minh thư — identity card
  • Vietnamese: giấy chứng minh — identity card
  • Yiddish: אידענטיטעט קאַרטע (identitet karte) — identity card