This wildcard character stands for an unspecified symbol.
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Wildcard
Synonyms for "wildcard"
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4 entriesrelated to
2 entriesTranslations
31 translations across 18 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 未知数 noun (uncontrolled or unpredictable element)
- 通配符 noun (special character)
Dutch
1 entries- jokerteken noun (special character)
Esperanto
1 entries- ĵokero noun (special character)
Finnish
3 entries- avoin kysymys noun (uncontrolled or unpredictable element)
- jokerimerkki noun (special character)
- kysymysmerkki noun (uncontrolled or unpredictable element)
French
2 entries- joker noun (special character)
- électron libre noun (uncontrolled or unpredictable element)
German
1 entries- Platzhalter noun (special character)
Greek
2 entries- μπαλαντέρ noun (uncontrolled or unpredictable element)
- χαρακτήρας μπαλαντέρ noun (special character)
Hungarian
1 entries- helyettesítő karakter noun (special character)
Icelandic
1 entries- algildistákn noun (special character)
Japanese
1 entries- ワイルドカード noun (special character)
Korean
1 entries- 와일드카드 noun (special character)
Persian
4 entries- زیرسبیلی noun (uncontrolled or unpredictable element)
- نویسه جانشین noun (special character)
- چمنویسه noun (special character)
- چموش noun (uncontrolled or unpredictable element)
Polish
2 entries- dzika karta noun (uncontrolled or unpredictable element)
- wieloznacznik noun (special character)
Portuguese
2 entries- coringa noun (special character)
- curinga noun (special character)
Romanian
2 entries- joker noun (special character)
- wildcard noun (special character)
Russian
3 entries- знак подстано́вки noun (special character)
- си́мвол-джо́кер noun (special character)
- шабло́н noun (special character)
Spanish
1 entries- comodín noun (special character)
Swedish
1 entries- jokertecken noun (special character)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
It's Day 3 of Project Wildcard, and over half our members already ditched us.
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That's the wildcard.
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On Tatoeba, "Cookie" is a wildcard name for any pet.
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