cartouche

§English

WOTD – 3 February 2007

Wikipedia

The cartouche of Ramses II.

§Etymology

Borrowing from French cartouche, from Italian cartuccia, from carta, from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs).

§Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɑːˈtuːʃ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /kɑɹˈtuʃ/

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• Rhymes: -uːʃ

§Noun

cartouche (plural cartouches)

1. (architecture) An ornamental figure, often on an oval shield.
2. (Egyptian hieroglyphics) an oval figure containing characters that represent the names of royal or divine people.
   • 1887 — H. Rider Haggard, She, ch III

     Besides the uncial writing on the convex side of the sherd at the top, painted in dull red, on what had once been the lip of the amphora, was the cartouche already mentioned as being on the scarabaeus, which we had also found in the casket. The hieroglyphics or symbols, however, were reversed, just as though they had been pressed on wax.

3. A paper cartridge.
4. A wooden case filled with balls, to be shot from a cannon.
5. A gunner's bag for ammunition.
6. A military pass for a soldier on furlough.

§Translations

in architecture

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 卡圖什, 卡图什 (kǎtúshí)

• Danish: kartouche c
• Faroese: skreytramma f
• Finnish: kartussi (fi)
• French: cartouche (fr) m
• German: Kartusche (de) f

• Hungarian: kartus (hu)
• Japanese: カルトゥーシュ (karutūshu)
• Korean: 카르투시 (kareutusi)
• Polish: kartusz (pl) m
• Portuguese: cartela f, cártula f
• Russian: картуш (ru) m (kartúš), картель (ru) m (kartɛ́lʹ), завиток (ru) m (zavitók)
• Swedish: kartusch (sv)

hieroglyphs

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 卡圖什, 卡图什 (kǎtúshí)

• Danish: kartouche c
• Faroese: skreytramma f
• Finnish: kartussi (fi)

• French: cartouche (fr) m
• Hungarian: kartus (hu)
• Japanese: カルトゥーシュ (karutūshu)
• Russian: картуш (ru) m (kartúš)
• Swedish: kartusch (sv), kartouche

paper cartridge

• Swedish: kardus (sv) (general-purpose container), kartesch (sv) (specific for artillery cartridges)

a box with ammunition

• Russian: патронный ящик m (patrónnyj jáščik)

a gunner's bag

• Russian: патронташ (ru) m (patrontáš), патронная сумка f (patrónnaja súmka), лядунка (ru) f (ljadúnka)

§See also

• (Egyptian hieroglyphics): serekh

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§French

§Etymology

from Italian cartoccio, from carta, from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khartēs)

§Noun

cartouche m (plural cartouches)

1. cartouche (ornamental figure)
2. cartouche (Egyptian hieroglyphic of name)
3. title block (technical drawing)

§Noun

cartouche f (plural cartouches)

1. cartridge

§Derived terms

• encartoucher

§External links

• “cartouche” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).