Phrase guide

SIM card

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

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Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈsɪm ˌkɑː(ɹ)d/
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noun

Meaning 1

A small, removable card smaller than a credit card which stores mobile phone data such as contact names and numbers, SMSs and security information.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From SIM (i.e. Subscriber Identity Module) + card.

Across languages

Translations

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بِطَاقَة SIM — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Armenian: SIM քարտ (SIM kʻart) — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Basque: SIM txartel — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Bulgarian: SIM карта (SIM karta) — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Catalan: SIM — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Chinese Cantonese: SIM卡 (sim1 kaat1) — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Chinese Cantonese: 電話卡 /电话卡 — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Chinese Mandarin: SIM卡 (SIM kǎ) — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Chinese Mandarin: 手機卡 /手机卡 (shǒujīkǎ) — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Chinese Mandarin: 电话卡 (diànhuàkǎ) — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Czech: SIM karta — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Dutch: simkaart — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Esperanto: SIM-karto — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Estonian: SIM-kaart — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Finnish: SIM-kortti — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • French: carte SIM — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Georgian: SIM-ბარათი (SIM-barati) — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Georgian: SIM ბარათი (SIM barati) — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Georgian: სიმ-ბარათი (sim-barati) — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Georgian: სიმ ბარათი (sim barati) — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • German: SIM-Karte — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Greek: κάρτα SIM (kárta SIM) — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Hebrew: כרטיס סים (kartís sim) — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Hebrew: כרטיס SIM (kartís SIM) — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Hindi: सिम कार्ड (sim kārḍ) — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Hungarian: SIM-kártya — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Icelandic: SIM-kort — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Icelandic: símkort — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Indonesian: kartu SIM — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Irish: cárta SIM — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Italian: carta SIM — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Italian: SIM card — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Japanese: SIMカード (shimu kādo) — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Khmer: ស៊ីមកាត (siim kaat) — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Korean: 유심 (yusim) — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Latvian: SIM karte — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Lithuanian: SIM kortelė — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Maltese: karta SIM — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Mongolian: SIM карт (SIM kart) — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Persian: سیمکارت — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Polish: karta SIM — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Portuguese: cartão SIM — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Portuguese: chip — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Punjabi: ਸਿਮ ਕਾਰਡ (sim kāraḍ) — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Russian: SIM-ка́рта (SIM-kárta) — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Russian: си́мка (símka) — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Scottish Gaelic: cairt SIM — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Spanish: tarjeta SIM — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Spanish: chip telefónico — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Spanish: chip celular — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Spanish: chip móvil — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Swahili: kadi ya SIM — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Swahili: kadiwia — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Swedish: sim-kort — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Thai: ซิมการ์ด (sim-gáat) — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Turkish: Simkart — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Ukrainian: SIM-карта (SIM-karta) — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Urdu: سم کارڈ (sim kārḍ) — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Vietnamese: thẻ SIM — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
  • Welsh: cerdyn SIM — small, removable card which stores mobile phone data