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10 Language-to-English Dictionariestarjeta
Pronunciation / Transliteration: tar-xe-ta
"Escribió su dirección en una tarjeta."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A rectangular piece of stiff paper or plastic used for playing games or for identification.
"He shuffled the deck of cards before dealing them out." - 2
A piece of thick, stiff paper or thin pasteboard, typically used for writing or printing on.
"She wrote her address on a card and mailed it to her friend."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The word 'card' originates from the Latin 'charta', meaning 'a piece of paper'. It evolved through Old French 'carte' in the Middle Ages, referring to a map or a document, before settling into its modern English usage to denote a small, flat piece of material used for various purposes.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Card" is said worldwide
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carte
Transliteration: kart
"Elle a écrit son adresse sur une carte."
Karte
Transliteration: kar-te
"Sie hat ihre Adresse auf eine Karte geschrieben."
carta
Transliteration: kar-ta
"Ha scritto il suo indirizzo su una carta."
tarjeta
Transliteration: tar-xe-ta
"Escribió su dirección en una tarjeta."
cartão
Transliteration: kar-tãu
"Ela escreveu seu endereço em um cartão."
कार्ड
Transliteration: kaard
"उसने अपने पते को एक कार्ड पर लिखा।"
卡片
Transliteration: kǎ piàn
"她在卡片上写下了她的地址。"
카드
Transliteration: ka-deu
"그녀는 카드에 주소를 썼다."
カード
Transliteration: ka-do
"彼女はカードに住所を書いた。"
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