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SIM card

/ˈsɪm ˌkɑː(ɹ)d/

SIM card noun: a small, removable card smaller than a credit card which stores mobile phone data such as contact names and numbers, SMSs and security information.

sim card: a small, removable card smaller than a credit card which stores mobile phone data such as contact...
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Noun

SIM card (plural SIM cards)

  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...2021 February 10, Eoin McSweeney, “As Covid-19 cases rise in Nigeria, a government policy is creating crowds and chaos”, in CNN

SIM card meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Punjabi

SIM card in Hindi

small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
सिम कार्ड sim kārḍ

SIM card in Tamil

செறிவு அட்டை, இது என தமிழில் பொருள்

SIM card in Urdu

small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
سم کارڈ sim kārḍ

SIM card in Punjabi

small, removable card which stores mobile phone data
ਸਿਮ ਕਾਰਡ sim kāraḍ
More languagesFewer languages
SIM card in Arabic
بِطَاقَة SIM, شَرِيحَة šarīḥa
SIM card in Indonesian
kartu SIM
SIM card in Persian
سیمکارت
SIM card in Thai
ซิมการ์ด sim-gáat
SIM card in Vietnamese
thẻ SIM

Forms of SIM card

pluralSIM cards

Origin of SIM card

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

Questions about SIM card

What does SIM card mean?
SIM card means a small, removable card smaller than a credit card which stores mobile phone data such as contact names and numbers, SMSs and security information.
What is SIM card in Hindi?
SIM card in Hindi is सिम कार्ड (sim kārḍ). See SIM card meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is SIM card?
SIM card is a noun.
How do you pronounce SIM card?
SIM card is pronounced /ˈsɪm ˌkɑː(ɹ)d/.
What is the plural of SIM card?
The plural of SIM card is SIM cards.

Words near SIM card in the dictionary

  1. silʹradas
  2. silʹrady
  3. silʹsʹka rada
  4. silʹsʹki rady
  5. sim
  6. SIM card
  7. SIM cards
  8. SIM farm
  9. sim racer
  10. sim racers
  11. SIM swap

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: SIM card (page history and authors); SIM 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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