ignition key

English

Noun

ignition key (plural ignition keys)

1. A key that starts the combustion engine of a motor vehicle.
   • 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 283:

     She fitted the ignition-key into the switch deftly.

Translations

a key that starts the combustion engine of a motor vehicle — see also car key

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 點火鑰匙／点火钥匙 (diǎnhuǒ yàoshi)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: contactsleutel (nl) m
• Finnish: käynnistysavain
• French: clé de contact (fr) f
• German: Zündschlüssel (de) m
• Hungarian: indítókulcs (hu), slusszkulcs (hu)
• Polish: kluczyk (pl) m