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cartouche

/kaʁ.tuʃ/

noun, masculine/kaʁ.tuʃ/plural: cartouches

cartouche (ornamental figure); cartouche (Egyptian hieroglyphic of name); title block (technical drawing)

Borrowed from Italian cartuccia, a diminutive of carta, from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs).

noun, feminine/kaʁ.tuʃ/plural: cartouches

cartridge, round

Related: encartoucher

Borrowed from Italian cartuccia, a diminutive of carta, from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs).