Meaning

8 senses
  1. An ornamental figure, often on an oval shield.

    Kartusche

    карту́шkartúš, карте́льkartɛ́lʹ, завито́кzavitók

    ка́ртушkártuš

  2. An oval figure containing the characters of an important personal name, such as that of royal or divine people.

  3. A decorative emblem on a globe or map.

  4. A paper cartridge.

    a cartridge (usually with paper casing)

  5. A wooden case filled with balls, to be shot from a cannon.

  6. A gunner's bag for ammunition.

    патро́нный я́щикpatrónnyj jáščik, патронта́шpatrontáš, патро́нная су́мкаpatrónnaja súmka

  7. A military pass for a soldier on furlough.

  8. A parchment disc placed on top of food to limit evaporation, or to prevent a skin forming on soups and stews.

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
in architecture:
Русский
By meaning 4
hieroglyphs:
in architecture:
a box with ammunition:
a gunner's bag:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
hieroglyphs:

Origin

Borrowed from French cartouche, from Italian cartuccia, from carta, from Latin charta, fro

Borrowed from French cartouche, from Italian cartuccia, from carta, from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs). Doublet of cartridge.

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Forms

plural: cartouches
Singularcartouche
Pluralcartouches

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a cartridge (usually with paper casing):cartouch

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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