car key

English

A car key

Alternative forms

• (rare) carkey

Noun

car key (plural car keys)

1. A key used to unlock or start a car.

   Near-synonym: ignition key

   • 2004, Lolly Winston, Sophie's Bakery for the Broken Hearted: A Novel, London: Arrow Books, published 2006, →ISBN, page 292:

     I back up against the double sink, rooting in my purse for my car keys.

Derived terms

• electronic car key

Translations

a key used to unlock or start a car — see also ignition key

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 車匙／车匙 (ce¹ si⁴)

  Mandarin: 汽車鑰匙／汽车钥匙 (qìchē yàoshi)

• Dutch: autosleutel (nl) m
• Finnish: autonavain (fi)
• French: clé de voiture f
• German: Autoschlüssel (de) m
• Northern Sami: biilačoavdda
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bilnøkkel m

• Polish: klucz samochodowy m, kluczyk (pl) m
• Russian: ключ от маши́ны m (ključ ot mašíny)
• Spanish: llave de coche f

Further reading

• car key on Wikipedia.Wikipedia