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==English==
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[[File:Cartouche on the house with number 9, on the Doctor Dimitrie D. Gerota street from Bucharest (Romania).jpg|thumb|Beaux Arts cartouche on Strada Doctor Dimitrie D. Gerota no. 9, Bucharest, Romania, c.1900, unknown architect ''(sense 1)'']]
[[Image:Ramzes_II_kartusz_Poznan.jpg|thumb|right|The cartouche of Ramses II ''(sense 2)'']]

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|en|fr|cartouche}}, from {{der|en|it|cartuccia}}, from {{m|it|carta}}, from {{der|en|la|charta}}, from {{der|en|grc|χάρτης}}. {{doublet|en|cartridge}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/kɑːˈtuːʃ/|a=RP}}
* {{IPA|en|/kɑɹˈtuʃ/|a=GA}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-cartouche.ogg|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|uːʃ|s=2}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|architectural element}} An [[ornamental]] [[figure]], often on an [[oval]] [[shield]].
# {{lb|en|Egyptology|[[hieroglyph]]s}} An oval figure containing the [[character]]s of an important personal name, such as that of [[royal]] or [[divine]] people.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1887|author=w:H. Rider Haggard|title=s:She|chapter=3|text=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.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2013|author=w:Margalit Fox|title=The Riddle of the Labyrinth|publisher=Profile 2014|page=49|text=In 1762, Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, a French priest who was a scholar of Eastern languages, had made the inspired guess that the '''cartouches''' set off words of great importance, such as the names of gods or rulers.}}
# {{lb|en|firearms}} A [[paper cartridge]].
# {{lb|en|firearms}} A [[wooden]] [[case]] [[filled]] with [[ball]]s, to be [[shot]] from a [[cannon]].
# {{lb|en|firearms}} A [[gunner]]'s [[bag]] for [[ammunition]].
# {{lb|en|military}} A [[military]] [[pass]] for a [[soldier]] on [[furlough]].

====Translations====
{{trans-top|in architecture}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|卡圖什|tr=kǎtúshí}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|kartuše|f}}, {{t+|cs|kartuš}}
* Danish: {{t|da|kartouche|c}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|skreytramma|f}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kartussi}}
* French: {{t+|fr|cartouche|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Kartusche|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|kartus}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|カルトゥーシュ|tr=karutūshu|sc=Jpan}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|카르투시|sc=Kore}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|kartusz|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|cartela|f}}, {{t|pt|cártula|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|карту́ш|m}}, {{t+|ru|карте́ль|m|tr=kartɛ́lʹ}}, {{t+|ru|завито́к|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|kartusch}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|ка́ртуш|m}}
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{{trans-top|hieroglyphs}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|خَرْطُوش|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|卡圖什|tr=kǎtúshí}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|kartuše|f}}, {{t+|cs|kartuš}}
* Danish: {{t|da|kartouche|c}}
* Egyptian: {{t-egy|šnw|h=Sn-n:nw*W-V9|m}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|skreytramma|f}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kartussi}}
* French: {{t+|fr|cartouche|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Kartusche|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|kartus}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|カルトゥーシュ|tr=karutūshu}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|карту́ш|m}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|kartuša|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|cartucho|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|kartusch}}, {{t|sv|kartouche}}
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{{trans-top|paper cartridge}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|kardus}} (general-purpose container), {{t+|sv|kartesch}} (specific for artillery cartridges)
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|a box with ammunition}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|[[патро́нный]] [[я́щик]]|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|a gunner's bag}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|патронта́ш|m}}, {{t|ru|[[патронный|патро́нная]] [[су́мка]]|f}}, {{t+|ru|ляду́нка|f}}
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====See also====
* {{sense|Egyptian hieroglyphs}} {{l|en|serekh}}

===Further reading===
* {{pedia}}

{{C|en|Ancient Egypt|Firearms}}

==French==

===Etymology===
{{etymon|fr|id=cartridge|bor|it>cartuccia>cartridge}}
{{bor+|fr|it|cartuccia}}, a diminutive of {{m|it|carta}}, from {{der|fr|la|charta}}, from {{der|fr|grc|χάρτης}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|fr|LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-cartouche.wav}}

===Noun===
{{fr-noun|m}}

# {{l|en|cartouche}} {{gloss|ornamental figure}}
# {{l|en|cartouche}} {{gloss|Egyptian hieroglyphic of name}}
# [[title block]] {{gloss|technical drawing}}

===Noun===
{{fr-noun|f}}

# [[cartridge]]

====Derived terms====
* {{l|fr|encartoucher}}

====Descendants====
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* {{desc|ar|خَرْطُوش|bor=1}}
* {{desc|cs|kartuš|bor=1}}
* {{desc|da|kartouche|bor=1}}
* {{desc|en|cartouche|bor=1}}
* {{desc|de|Kartusche|bor=1}}
* {{desc|ja|カルトゥーシュ|bor=1}}
* {{desc|ota|خرتوج|bor=1}}
** {{desc|tr|kartuş}}
* {{desc|pl|kartusz|bor=1}}
* {{desc|pt|cartucho|bor=1}}
* {{desc|ro|cartuș|bor=1}}
* {{desc|ru|карту́ш|bor=1}}
* {{desctree|es|cartucho|bor=1}}
* {{desc|sv|kartusch|bor=1}}
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===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

{{C|fr|Architectural elements|Firearms}}