was wotd|2007|February|3
English
wikipedia
Image:Ramzes_II_kartusz_Poznan.jpg|thumb|right|The cartouche of Ramses II.

Etymology
French, from Italian cartoccio, from carta#Italian|carta, from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek �ά��η� (khart�s)

Pronunciation
italbrac|RP IPA|/k���tu��/
italbrac|US IPA|/k��r�tu��/
audio|en-us-cartouche.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun

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
3. a paper cartridge

Quotations

1887 � w:Henry Rider Haggard|H. Rider Haggard, s:She|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.

Translations
trans-top|in architecture
French: #French|cartouche m
Polish: kartusz m
trans-mid
Swedish: kartusch
trans-bottom

trans-top|hieroglyphs
French: #French|cartouche m
trans-mid
Swedish: kartusch
trans-bottom

paper cartridge
Swedish: kardus (general-purpose container), kartesch (specific for artillery cartridges)

French

Etymology
from Italian cartoccio, from carta#Italian|carta, from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek �ά��η� (khart�s)

Noun
cartouche m

1. #English|cartouche (ornamental figure)
2. #English|cartouche (Egyptian hieroglyphic of name)

cartouche f

1. cartridge (explosive shell)

Category:French nouns

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