cartridge

US /ˈkɑrtrɪdʒ/ UK /ˈkɑːtrɪdʒ/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a case holding a charge and bullet; a sealed replaceable container

He slid a fresh cartridge into the printer.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a case holding a charge and... cartoucheshell round canister capsule cassette

Etymology

An alteration of French cartouche ('a roll of paper, paper cartridge'), from Italian cartoccio ('roll of paper'), from carta ('paper'), from Latin charta, from Greek khartēs.

cartouche French charta Latin

View etymology graph ->

Topics

General Vocabulary

External links

# cartridge

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈkɑrtrɪdʒ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈkɑːtrɪdʒ/

## Meanings
1. a case holding a charge and bullet; a sealed replaceable container

## Examples
- He slid a fresh cartridge into the printer.

## Synonyms
- cartouche
- shell
- round
- canister
- capsule
- cassette

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: cartouche
- Root: charta

## Etymology
An alteration of French cartouche ('a roll of paper, paper cartridge'), from Italian cartoccio ('roll of paper'), from carta ('paper'), from Latin charta, from Greek khartēs.

## AI Etymology
Cartridge is an alteration of French cartouche ('a roll of paper, paper cartridge'), from Italian cartoccio ('roll of paper'), from carta ('paper'), from Latin charta, from Greek khartēs. The historical trail runs through cartouche in French and charta in Latin. Used as a noun, cartridge now means "a case holding a charge and bullet; a sealed replaceable container", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English.

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

markdown