Phrase guide

trading card

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

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  • US: /ˈtɹeɪd.ɪŋ ˌkɑɹd/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A collectible card, sometimes sticker, usually made out of paperboard or thick paper, which usually contains an image of a certain person, place or thing (fictional or real) and a short description of the picture, along with other text (attacks, statistics, or trivia). There is a wide variation of different types of cards, like sports, cars, natural history, film characters or other information of interest to purchasers. Sometimes is included with tobacco, food or confectionery products.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: trade card, picture card

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a card with a picture on it; collected and traded by children

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: card

Narrower terms: baseball card

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Basque: kromo — collectible card featuring information of interest to purchasers
  • Catalan: cromo — collectible card featuring information of interest to purchasers
  • Danish: samlekort — collectible card featuring information of interest to purchasers
  • Finnish: keräilykortti — collectible card featuring information of interest to purchasers
  • French: carte à collectionner — collectible card featuring information of interest to purchasers
  • Galician: cromo — collectible card featuring information of interest to purchasers
  • German: Sammelsticker — collectible card featuring information of interest to purchasers
  • German: Sammelbild — collectible card featuring information of interest to purchasers
  • German: Sammelkarte — collectible card featuring information of interest to purchasers
  • German: Liebigbild — collectible card featuring information of interest to purchasers
  • Italian: figurina — collectible card featuring information of interest to purchasers
  • Polish: karta kolekcjonerska — collectible card featuring information of interest to purchasers
  • Portuguese: cromo — collectible card featuring information of interest to purchasers
  • Portuguese: figurinha — collectible card featuring information of interest to purchasers
  • Portuguese: estampa ilustrada — collectible card featuring information of interest to purchasers
  • Spanish: cromo — collectible card featuring information of interest to purchasers
  • Spanish: lámina — collectible card featuring information of interest to purchasers