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cartouche

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WOTD – 3 February 2007
Beaux Arts cartouche on Strada Doctor Dimitrie D. Gerota no. 9, Bucharest, Romania, c.1900, unknown architect(sense 1)
The cartouche of Ramses II(sense 2)

Etymology

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Borrowed fromFrenchcartouche, fromItaliancartuccia, fromcarta, fromLatincharta, fromAncient Greekχάρτης(khártēs).Doublet ofcartridge.

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Noun

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cartouche (pluralcartouches)

  1. (architecture) Anornamentalfigure, often on anovalshield.
  2. (Egyptology, hieroglyphs) An oval figure containing thecharacters of an important personal name, such as that ofroyal ordivine people.
    • 1887,H. Rider Haggard, chapter 3, inShe:
      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 thecartouche already mentioned as being on the scarabaeus, which we had also found in the casket.
    • 2013,Margalit Fox,The Riddle of the Labyrinth, Profile 2014, page49:
      In 1762, Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, a French priest who was a scholar of Eastern languages, had made the inspired guess that thecartouches set off words of great importance, such as the names of gods or rulers.
  3. (cartography) Adecorativeemblem on aglobe ormap.
  4. (firearms) Apaper cartridge.
  5. (firearms) Awoodencasefilled withballs, to beshot from acannon.
  6. (firearms) Agunner'sbag forammunition.
  7. (military) Amilitarypass for asoldier onfurlough.

Translations

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in architecture
hieroglyphs
paper cartridge
a box with ammunition
a gunner's bag

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French

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Etymology

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    Borrowed fromItaliancartuccia, a diminutive ofcarta, fromLatincharta, fromAncient Greekχάρτης(khártēs).

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    cartouche m (pluralcartouches)

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

    Noun

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    cartouche f (pluralcartouches)

    1. cartridge

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