Phrase guide

sound card

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A computer hardware device used for generating and capturing sounds.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computer-hardware, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: зву́кова ка́рта (zvúkova kárta) — a computer hardware device used for generating and capturing sounds
  • Chinese Mandarin: 聲卡 /声卡 (shēngkǎ) — a computer hardware device used for generating and capturing sounds
  • Danish: lydkort — a computer hardware device used for generating and capturing sounds
  • Dutch: geluidskaart — a computer hardware device used for generating and capturing sounds
  • Estonian: helikaart — a computer hardware device used for generating and capturing sounds
  • Finnish: äänikortti — a computer hardware device used for generating and capturing sounds
  • French: carte son — a computer hardware device used for generating and capturing sounds
  • German: Soundkarte — a computer hardware device used for generating and capturing sounds
  • Hungarian: hangkártya — a computer hardware device used for generating and capturing sounds
  • Icelandic: hljóðkort — a computer hardware device used for generating and capturing sounds
  • Italian: scheda audio — a computer hardware device used for generating and capturing sounds
  • Japanese: サウンドカード (saundokādo) — a computer hardware device used for generating and capturing sounds
  • Kazakh: дыбыстауыш тақта (dybystauyş taqta) — a computer hardware device used for generating and capturing sounds
  • Kazakh: дыбыстық тақша (dybystyq taqşa) — a computer hardware device used for generating and capturing sounds
  • Macedonian: зву́чна ка́ртичка (zvúčna kártička) — a computer hardware device used for generating and capturing sounds
  • Norwegian: lydkort — a computer hardware device used for generating and capturing sounds
  • Occitan: carta de son — a computer hardware device used for generating and capturing sounds
  • Occitan: targeta de son — a computer hardware device used for generating and capturing sounds
  • Polish: karta dźwiękowa — a computer hardware device used for generating and capturing sounds
  • Portuguese: placa de som — a computer hardware device used for generating and capturing sounds
  • Russian: звукова́я ка́рта (zvukovája kárta) — a computer hardware device used for generating and capturing sounds
  • Spanish: tarjeta de sonido — a computer hardware device used for generating and capturing sounds
  • Spanish: placa de sonido — a computer hardware device used for generating and capturing sounds
  • Swedish: ljudkort — a computer hardware device used for generating and capturing sounds
  • Vietnamese: bo mạch âm thanh — a computer hardware device used for generating and capturing sounds