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Added 7 October 2026

card

/kɑːd/ symbol

In Latin: carminō Wiktionary

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cardinality

noun

A playing card.
Any game using playing cards; a card game.
He played cards with his friends.
A resource or argument, used to achieve a purpose.
The government played the Orange card to get support for their Ireland policy.

verb

To check IDs, especially against a minimum age requirement.
They have to card anybody who looks 21 or younger.
To play cards.
To make (a stated score), as recorded on a scoring card.
McIlroy carded a stellar nine-under-par 61 in the final round.

noun

Material with embedded short wire bristles.
A comb- or brush-like device or tool to raise the nap on a fabric.
A hand-held tool formed similarly to a hairbrush but with bristles of wire or other rigid material. It is used principally with raw cotton, wool, hair, or other natural fibers to prepare these materials for spinning into yarn or thread on a spinning wheel, with a whorl or other hand-held spindle. The card serves to untangle, clean, remove debris from, and lay the fibers straight.

Origin

From Middle English carde (“playing card”), from Old French carte, from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “paper, papyrus”). Doublet of carte and chart.

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