Dictionary

SIM card en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈsɪm ˌkɑː(ɹ)d/
• (General-American) audio

Etymology

From SIM (i.e. Subscriber Identity Module) + card.

Meanings

1. A small, removable card smaller than a credit card which stores mobile phone data such as contact names and numbers, SMSs and security information.
   • Despite the ongoing health crisis, the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) has ordered phone operators in the country to block SIM cards not linked to a national identity number (NIN), used to bundle together biometric records such as fingerprints and headshots. […] Even when people manage to get a NIN, they must then integrate it with their SIM card by texting their service provider a code, a process that users say is sometimes glitchy. 2021 February 10, Eoin McSweeney, “As Covid-19 cases rise in Nigeria, a government policy is creating crowds and chaos”, in CNN:

Forms

Relateds

Subscriber Identity Module · dual SIM · dual-SIM · triple-SIM · triple SIM

Translations (61)

es chip móvil (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · ka სიმ ბარათი (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · pt chip (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · ja SIMカード (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · vi thẻ SIM (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · pt cartão SIM (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · he כרטיס סים (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · eu SIM txartel (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · mn SIM карт (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · ka SIM ბარათი (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · cs SIM karta (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · is símkort (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · cy cerdyn SIM (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · lt SIM kortelė (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · uk SIM-карта (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · ka SIM-ბარათი (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · eo SIM-karto (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · el κάρτα SIM (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · yue SIM卡 (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · it SIM card (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · km ស៊ីមកាត (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · sw kadi ya SIM (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · ru SIM-ка́рта (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · it carta SIM (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · cmn 手機卡 /手机卡 (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · sv sim-kort (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · hu SIM-kártya (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · hi सिम कार्ड (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · fa سیمکارت (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · hy SIM քարտ (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · lv SIM karte (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · ga cárta SIM (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · pl karta SIM (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · id kartu SIM (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · ko 유심 (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · sw kadiwia (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · gd cairt SIM (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · ka სიმ-ბარათი (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · he כרטיס SIM (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · es chip celular (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · cmn SIM卡 (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · fi SIM-kortti (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · tr Simkart (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · mt karta SIM (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · th ซิมการ์ด (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · et SIM-kaart (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · nl simkaart (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · es tarjeta SIM (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · ur سم کارڈ (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · es chip telefónico (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · pa ਸਿਮ ਕਾਰਡ (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · fr carte SIM (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · ca SIM (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · ar شَرِيحَة (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · cmn 电话卡 (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · ru си́мка (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · de SIM-Karte (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · is SIM-kort (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · yue 電話卡 /电话卡 (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · bg SIM карта (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) · ar بِطَاقَة SIM (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data)