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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries门禁卡
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ménjìn kǎ
"请刷门禁卡进入大楼。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A small plastic card containing a magnetic stripe, microchip, or RFID tag used to gain entry to a restricted area, building, or computer system.
"Employees must swipe their access card at the turnstile to enter the office building." - 2
A smart card used to decrypt television signals or digital content for authorized subscribers.
"Please insert your subscription access card into the receiver to watch the encrypted channels."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term is a compound of 'access' (derived from the Latin 'accessus', meaning 'approach or entrance', via Middle French) and 'card' (from the Greek 'chartēs', meaning 'papyrus leaf'). It emerged in the late 20th century alongside the widespread adoption of electronic security and magnetic stripe technologies in corporate and residential facilities.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Access card" is said worldwide
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carte d'accès
Transliteration: kart d‿aksɛ
"Vous devez présenter votre carte d'accès à l'entrée."
Zutrittskarte
Transliteration: tsuːtrɪt͡sˌkaʁtə
"Ohne Zutrittskarte kommen Sie nicht in das Gebäude."
tessera d'accesso
Transliteration: ˈtɛssera datˈtʃɛsso
"Inserisci la tessera d'accesso nel lettore."
tarjeta de acceso
Transliteration: taɾˈxeta de akˈseso
"Olvidé mi tarjeta de acceso en casa."
cartão de acesso
Transliteration: kaʁˈtɐ̃w dji aˈsɛsu
"Passe o cartão de acesso na catraca."
प्रवेश कार्ड
Transliteration: pravesh kard
"इमारत में प्रवेश करने के लिए अपना प्रवेश कार्ड दिखाएं।"
门禁卡
Transliteration: ménjìn kǎ
"请刷门禁卡进入大楼。"
출입증
Transliteration: churipjeung
"사무실에 들어가려면 출입증을 찍어야 합니다."
アクセスカード
Transliteration: akusesu kādo
"セキュリティゲートでアクセスカードを読み取らせてください。"
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