green card
green card noun: a US work permit, officially known as United States Permanent Resident Card.
Noun
green card (plural green cards)
- A US work permit, officially known as United States Permanent Resident Card.
- A warning card, given to a player for an infraction of the rules. A further infraction may warrant a yellow card or red card.
- A chargecard launched by American Express in 1969.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see green, card.
green card meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Arabic and Persian
green card in Hindi
- US work permit
- ग्रीन कार्ड grīn kārḍ
green card in Tamil
- தங்குரிமை
green card in Arabic
- US work permit
- كَارْت أَخْضَر kart ʔaḵḍar
green card in Persian
- US work permit
- گرین کارت gerin kârt
More languagesFewer languages
- green card in Vietnamese
- thẻ xanh
Forms of green card
| plural | green cards |
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Origin of green card
The work permit from the historical greenish color (first used in 1946), the bank card from its green design, made to resemble US dollar bills.
Words formed from green card
- blue card
- green carder
- green card marriage
Questions about green card
- What does green card mean?
- Green card means a US work permit, officially known as United States Permanent Resident Card.
- What is green card in Hindi?
- Green card in Hindi is ग्रीन कार्ड (grīn kārḍ). See Green card meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is green card?
- Green card is a noun.
- What is the plural of green card?
- The plural of green card is green cards.
Words near green card in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: green card (page history and authors); green card (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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