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cartridge en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/ˈkɑɹtɹɪd͡ʒ/ (General-American)
(Southern-England) audio
/ˈkɑːtɹɪd͡ʒ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
[ˈkɑɹtɹ̝̊ʷɪd͡ʒ] (General-American)
[ˈkɑːt̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷɪd͡ʒ] (Received-Pronunciation)
(US) audio
[ˈkɑːtɹ̝̊ʷɪd͡ʒ] (Received-Pronunciation)
[ˈkɑɹt̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷɪd͡ʒ] (General-American)

Etymology

Corruption of earlier cartage, from French cartouche, from Italian cartoccio (“roll of paper”), from Medieval Latin carta (“paper”). Doublet of cartouche.

Meanings

The package consisting of the bullet, primer, and casing containing gunpowder; a round of ammunition.
- Still, a dozen men with rifles, and cartridges to match, stayed behind when they filed through a white aldea lying silent amid the cane, and the Sin Verguenza swung into slightly quicker stride. 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 7, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:
(broadly) A prefabricated subassembly that can be easily installed in or removed from a larger mechanism or replaced with another interchangeable subassembly.
A replaceable valve assembly within a faucet or shower fixture that regulates the flow and temperature of the water.
A vessel which contains the ink or toner for a computer printer and can be easily replaced with another.
Magnetic tape storage, used for storing (backup) copies of data.
- The program generates a catalogue of the files on the cartridge selected by the user, reads the catalogue into memory and erases the cartridge copy, so that an up-to-date copy is always generated. 1983, “Helpline”, in Sinclair User, number 21:
A removable enclosure containing read-only memory devices, used for rapid loading of software onto a home computer or video game console.
- Not as good, though, as the PolyStation. Looks like a first-generation PlayStation in a Nitendo 64 box. And even though that bit on top looks like it should take a disc, it actually uses something like a Super Nintendo cartridge. 2015 June 24, “Top 10 Chinese Knockoffs of Foreign Products” (00:01:54 from the start), in China Uncensored, spoken by himself (Chris Chappell), New Tang Dynasty Television, via New Tang Dynasty Television:
- We would like to see someone market a low-power, text-to-speech cartridge that would mate with the Epson and use its internal battery pack. 1981, Communication Outlook, volume 3:
- Nintendo made sure to loudly trumpet all of the advantages of the cartridge format, particularly the greatly reduced loading times and the sturdiness of the cartridges[…] 2002, Video Game Bible, 1985-2002, page 180:
(obsolete) A small paper package, e.g. in an old book about making printer's type: After all the type has been cast: "The Boy will paper up each sort in a cartridge by itself".

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
cartridges	Number=Plur		lexicographic
cartage		alternative	lexicographic

Deriveds

Translations (155)

fi mustekasetti (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · bn কার্তুজ (firearms package) · az kartric (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · fo patrón (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · pl nabój (firearms package) · nl inktpatroon (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · da patron (firearms package) · sh патро́на (firearms package) · fi paukku (firearms package) · et kassett (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · vo niniär (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · sv bläckpatron (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · nl patroon (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · eo kartoĉo (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · sk náboj (firearms package) · sh ispisna uloška (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · ca cartutx (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · ja 実包 (firearms package) · ar خَرْطُوشَة (firearms package) · sh patróna (firearms package) · fi pati (firearms package) · sh ме̏так (firearms package) · ar خَرْطُوش (firearms package) · ms peluru (firearms package) · id kaset (enclosure containing read-only memory devices) · pl pojemnik z tuszem (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · cs kazeta (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · cmn 墨盒 (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · sv patron (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · ro cartuș (firearms package) · eo kaseto (enclosure containing read-only memory devices) · lt šovinys (firearms package) · sh fišuga (firearms package) · it cartuccia (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · de Patrone (firearms package) · da patron (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · mk па́трон (firearms package) · pt fita (enclosure containing read-only memory devices) · ky патрон (firearms package) · sh kaseta sa mastilom (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · de Kartusche (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · hu patron (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · tl kartutso (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · ru патро́н (firearms package) · uz kartrij (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · gl cartucho (firearms package) · pl kartusz (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · lt patronas (firearms package) · cs náboj (firearms package) · tr kovan (firearms package) · be патро́н (firearms package) · nn patron (firearms package) · sh kartuš (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · tg патрон (firearms package) · he מַחְסָנִית (firearms package) · scn cartocciu (firearms package) · lv patrona (firearms package) · nb patron (firearms package) · pt cartucho (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · be ка́ртрыдж (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · id kartrid (enclosure containing read-only memory devices) · tr kartuş (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · af patroon (firearms package) · ca cartutx (firearms package) · cy cetris (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · he מחסנית (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · fr cartouche (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · uk набі́й (firearms package) · sl naboj (firearms package) · ja インクカートリッジ (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · sh ispisni spremnik (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · id kelongsong peluru (firearms package) · pl wkład drukujący (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · sw ramia (firearms package) · tr fişek (firearms package) · mk на́бој (firearms package) · izh patrona (firearms package) · es cartucho (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · pt cartucho (firearms package) · es cartuchera (firearms package) · cmn 彈藥筒 /弹药筒 (firearms package) · uz kartrij (enclosure containing read-only memory devices) · ru ка́ртридж (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · uz patron (firearms package) · mi kariri (firearms package) · my ကျည် (firearms package) · tl kartutso (firearms package) · ur کارْتُوس (firearms package) · es cartucho (firearms package) · sh фишуга (firearms package) · uk ка́ртридж (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · uk патро́н (firearms package) · az картриҹ (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · id tabung cetak (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · io kartocho (firearms package) · fi patruuna (firearms package) · mr कार्टरिज (enclosure containing read-only memory devices) · ota فشك (firearms package) · ko 탄약통 (firearms package) · vi mực (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · eo kasedo (enclosure containing read-only memory devices) · it cartuccia (firearms package) · sk kazeta (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · fi kuti (firearms package) · bg касе́та (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · hrx Kartusch (firearms package) · ka ვაზნა (firearms package) · lv šāviņš (firearms package) · pl kaseta drukująca (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · sh ispisni uložak (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · th คาร์ทริดจ์ (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · es cartridge (kártrich) (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · sh kertridž (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · fa-ira کارْتْریج (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · el φυσίγγιο (firearms package) · vo niganiniär (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · id patrun (firearms package) · nl patroon (firearms package) · nn patron (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · hy փամփուշտ (firearms package) · la cucullus (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · ko 카트리지 (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · sh mȅtak (firearms package) · fa-ira فِشَنْگ (firearms package) · pl kartridż (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · sq fishek (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · mr कार्टरिज (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · hi कारतूस (firearms package) · th กระสุน (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · sv patron (firearms package) · ro cartuș (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · fr cartouche (enclosure containing read-only memory devices) · cmn 硒鼓 (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · he תַּרְמִיל (firearms package) · fr cartouche (firearms package) · mk касе́та (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · fi kasetti (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · tr hartuç (firearms package) · id kertus (firearms package) · cmn 槍彈 /枪弹 (firearms package) · id kartrid tinta (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · nb patron (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · mn картриж (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · ms katrij (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · et padrun (firearms package) · hu töltény (firearms package) · bg патро́н (firearms package) · kk патрон (firearms package) · pt cartucho (enclosure containing read-only memory devices) · pt pente (firearms package) · fi ammus (firearms package) · az patron (firearms package) · de Patrone (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · es cartucho de tinta (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) · sq fishek (firearms package)