green card

See also: greencard

English

Noun

green card (plural green cards)

1. (US) A US work permit, officially known as United States Permanent Resident Card.
2. (field hockey) A warning card, given to a player for an infraction of the rules. A further infraction may warrant a yellow card or red card.
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see green,‎ card.

Derived terms

• green carder
• green-carder

 

Translations

US work permit

• Arabic: كَارْت أَخْضَر m (kart ʔaḵḍar)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 綠卡／绿卡 (luk⁶ kaat¹)

  Mandarin: 綠卡／绿卡 (zh) (lǜkǎ)

• Danish: green card n
• Dutch: green card f
• Finnish: green card, vihreä kortti
• French: carte verte (fr) f, green card (fr) f
• German: Green Card (de) f
• Greek: πράσινη κάρτα f (prásini kárta)
• Hindi: ग्रीन कार्ड m (grīn kārḍ)
• Hungarian: zöldkártya (hu)
• Japanese: グリーンカード (gurīn kādo)
• Mongolian: ногоон карт (nogoon kart)
• Persian: گرین کارت (gerin kârt)
• Polish: zielona karta f
• Portuguese: green card m
• Russian: гринка́рта (ru) f (grinkárta), гринка́рд f (grinkárd), зелёная ка́рта f (zeljónaja kárta)
• Spanish: tarjeta verde f, Green Card
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: thẻ xanh

See also

• blue card

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• greencard

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English green card.

Noun

green card m (plural green cards)

1. green card (United States work permit)