Phrase guide

QR code

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A type of two-dimensional barcode, typically used to link to a website.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Short for Quick Response Code, introduced as a trademark.

Across languages

Translations

68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: رَمْز إِسْتِجَابَة سَرِيعَة (ramz ʔistijāba sarīʕa) — 2-D barcode
  • Arabic: رَمْز رَدّ سَرِيع (ramz radd sarīʕ) — 2-D barcode
  • Arabic: رَمْز مُرَبَّع (ramz murabbaʕ) — 2-D barcode
  • Arabic: رَمْز QR (ramz QR) — 2-D barcode
  • Armenian: QR-կոդ (QR-kod) — 2-D barcode
  • Azerbaijani: QR kodu — 2-D barcode
  • Belarusian: QR-ко́д (QR-kód) — 2-D barcode
  • Bengali: কিউআর কোড (kiuar kōḍ) — 2-D barcode
  • Bengali: QR কোড (QR kōḍ) — 2-D barcode
  • Bulgarian: QR ко́д (QR kód) — 2-D barcode
  • Catalan: codi QR — 2-D barcode
  • Chinese Cantonese: 二維碼 /二维码 (ji6 wai4 maa5) — 2-D barcode
  • Chinese Cantonese: QR code (kiu1 aau1 kuk1) — 2-D barcode
  • Chinese Mandarin: 二維碼 /二维码 (èrwéimǎ) — 2-D barcode
  • Chinese Mandarin: QR碼 /QR码 (QR mǎ) — 2-D barcode
  • Wu Chinese: 兩維碼 /两维码 (6lian-vi6-mo6) — 2-D barcode
  • Czech: QR kód — 2-D barcode
  • Danish: QR-kode — 2-D barcode
  • Dutch: QR-code — 2-D barcode
  • Esperanto: rapidresponda kodo — 2-D barcode
  • Esperanto: QR-kodo — 2-D barcode
  • Estonian: ruutkood — 2-D barcode
  • Estonian: QR-kood — 2-D barcode
  • Finnish: ruutukoodi — 2-D barcode
  • Finnish: QR-koodi — 2-D barcode
  • French: code QR — 2-D barcode
  • French: QR code — 2-D barcode
  • French: code à barres matriciel — 2-D barcode
  • Georgian: QR კოდი (QR ḳodi) — 2-D barcode
  • Georgian: QR-კოდი (QR-ḳodi) — 2-D barcode
  • German: QR-Code — 2-D barcode
  • German: Schnellantwortkode — 2-D barcode
  • Greek: κώδικας QR (kódikas QR) — 2-D barcode
  • Hebrew: קוֹד QR (kod QR) — 2-D barcode
  • Hindi: क्यूआर कोड (kyūār koḍ) — 2-D barcode
  • Hindi: QR कोड (QR koḍ) — 2-D barcode
  • Hungarian: QR-kód — 2-D barcode
  • Indonesian: kode respons cepat — 2-D barcode
  • Indonesian: kode QR — 2-D barcode
  • Italian: codice QR — 2-D barcode
  • Japanese: QRコード (QR kōdo) — 2-D barcode
  • Korean: QR 코드 (QR kodeu) — 2-D barcode
  • Latvian: kvadrātkods — 2-D barcode
  • Latvian: QR kods — 2-D barcode
  • Lithuanian: QR kodas — 2-D barcode
  • Norwegian: QR-kod — 2-D barcode
  • Persian: کیوآر کد (kyu-âr kod) — 2-D barcode
  • Persian: QR کد (QR kod) — 2-D barcode
  • Polish: kod QR — 2-D barcode
  • Portuguese: código QR — 2-D barcode
  • Portuguese: QR code — 2-D barcode
  • Romanian: cod QR — 2-D barcode
  • Russian: QR-ко́д (QR-kód) — 2-D barcode
  • Slovak: QR kód — 2-D barcode
  • Spanish: código QR — 2-D barcode
  • Swedish: QR-kod — 2-D barcode
  • Thai: รหัสคิวอาร์ (rá-hàt kiu-aa) — 2-D barcode
  • Thai: รหัส QR (rá-hàt QR) — 2-D barcode
  • Turkish: QR kodu — 2-D barcode
  • Turkish: karekod — 2-D barcode
  • Ukrainian: QR-ко́д (QR-kód) — 2-D barcode
  • Urdu: کیو آر کوڈ (kyū ār koḍ) — 2-D barcode
  • Urdu: QR کوڈ (QR koḍ) — 2-D barcode
  • Vietnamese: mã quét hai chiều — 2-D barcode
  • Vietnamese: mã hai chiều — 2-D barcode
  • Vietnamese: mã QR — 2-D barcode
  • Zhuang: songveizmax — 2-D barcode
  • Zhuang: wveizmax — 2-D barcode