Standard Lemma guide

cartridge

name · noun · 12 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːtɹɪd͡ʒ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: [ˈkɑːtɹ̝̊wɪd͡ʒ]
  • Received-Pronunciation: [ˈkɑːt̠ɹ̠̊˔wɪd͡ʒ]
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈkɑɹtɹɪd͡ʒ/
  • General-American: [ˈkɑɹtɹ̝̊wɪd͡ʒ]
  • General-American: [ˈkɑɹt̠ɹ̠̊˔wɪd͡ʒ]
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)tɹɪdʒ
  • CMU ARPABET: K AA1 R T R AH0 JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: K AA1 R T R IH0 JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The package consisting of the bullet, primer, and casing containing gunpowder; a round of ammunition.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A prefabricated subassembly that can be easily installed in or removed from a larger mechanism or replaced with another interchangeable subassembly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A replaceable valve assembly within a faucet or shower fixture that regulates the flow and temperature of the water.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, construction, manufacturing, plumbing

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A vessel which contains the ink or toner for a computer printer and can be easily replaced with another.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Magnetic tape storage, used for storing (backup) copies of data.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A removable enclosure containing read-only memory devices, used for rapid loading of software onto a home computer or video game console.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

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".

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet; fired from a rifle or handgun

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ammunition, ammo

Narrower terms: ball cartridge, blank, dummy, blank shell, cartouche, cartouch

10

noun

Meaning 10

an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pickup

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: electro-acoustic transducer

Narrower terms: crystal pickup

11

noun

Meaning 11

a module designed to be inserted into a larger piece of equipment

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he loaded a cartridge of fresh tape into the tape deck

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: module

Narrower terms: ink cartridge, tape cartridge

12

noun

Meaning 12

a light-tight supply chamber holding the film and supplying it for exposure as required

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: magazine

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: supply chamber

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

153 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: patroon — firearms package
  • Albanian: fishek — firearms package
  • Arabic: خَرْطُوش (ḵarṭūš) — firearms package
  • Arabic: خَرْطُوشَة (ḵarṭūša) — firearms package
  • Armenian: փամփուշտ (pʻampʻušt) — firearms package
  • Azerbaijani: patron — firearms package
  • Belarusian: патро́н (patrón) — firearms package
  • Bengali: কার্তুজ (kartuj) — firearms package
  • Bulgarian: патро́н (patrón) — firearms package
  • Burmese: ကျည် (kyany) — firearms package
  • Catalan: cartutx — firearms package
  • Chinese Mandarin: 槍彈 /枪弹 (qiāngdàn) — firearms package
  • Chinese Mandarin: 彈藥筒 /弹药筒 (dànyàotǒng) — firearms package
  • Czech: náboj — firearms package
  • Danish: patron — firearms package
  • Dutch: patroon — firearms package
  • Estonian: padrun — firearms package
  • Finnish: patruuna — firearms package
  • Finnish: paukku — firearms package
  • Finnish: pati — firearms package
  • Finnish: kuti — firearms package
  • Finnish: ammus — firearms package
  • French: cartouche — firearms package
  • Galician: cartucho — firearms package
  • Georgian: ვაზნა (vazna) — firearms package
  • German: Patrone — firearms package
  • Greek: φυσίγγιο (fysíngio) — firearms package
  • Hebrew: מַחְסָנִית (makhsanít) — firearms package
  • Hebrew: תַּרְמִיל (tarmíl) — firearms package
  • Hindi: कारतूस (kārtūs) — firearms package
  • Hungarian: töltény — firearms package
  • Hunsrik: Kartusch — firearms package
  • Ido: kartocho — firearms package
  • Indonesian: patrun — firearms package
  • Indonesian: kertus — firearms package
  • Indonesian: kelongsong peluru — firearms package
  • Ingrian: patrona — firearms package
  • Italian: cartuccia — firearms package
  • Japanese: 実包 (jippō) — firearms package
  • Kazakh: патрон (patron) — firearms package
  • Korean: 탄약통 (tanyaktong) — firearms package
  • Kyrgyz: патрон (patron) — firearms package
  • Latvian: patrona — firearms package
  • Latvian: šāviņš — firearms package
  • Lithuanian: patronas — firearms package
  • Lithuanian: šovinys — firearms package
  • Macedonian: па́трон (pátron) — firearms package
  • Macedonian: на́бој (náboj) — firearms package
  • Malay: peluru — firearms package
  • Māori: kariri — firearms package
  • Norwegian Bokmål: patron — firearms package
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: patron — firearms package
  • Iranian Persian: فِشَنْگ (fešang) — firearms package
  • Polish: nabój — firearms package
  • Portuguese: cartucho — firearms package
  • Portuguese: pente — firearms package
  • Romanian: cartuș — firearms package
  • Russian: патро́н (patrón) — firearms package
  • Serbo-Croatian: ме̏так — firearms package
  • Serbo-Croatian: патро́на — firearms package
  • Serbo-Croatian: фишуга — firearms package
  • Serbo-Croatian: mȅtak — firearms package
  • Serbo-Croatian: patróna — firearms package
  • Serbo-Croatian: fišuga — firearms package
  • Sicilian: cartocciu — firearms package
  • Slovak: náboj — firearms package
  • Slovene: naboj — firearms package
  • Spanish: cartucho — firearms package
  • Spanish: cartuchera — firearms package
  • Swahili: ramia — firearms package
  • Swedish: patron — firearms package
  • Tagalog: kartutso — firearms package
  • Tajik: патрон (patron) — firearms package
  • Turkish: kovan — firearms package
  • Turkish: hartuç — firearms package
  • Turkish: fişek — firearms package
  • Ottoman Turkish: فشك (fişek) — firearms package
  • Ukrainian: набі́й (nabíj) — firearms package
  • Ukrainian: патро́н (patrón) — firearms package
  • Urdu: کارْتُوس (kārtūs) — firearms package
  • Uzbek: patron — firearms package
  • Albanian: fishek — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Azerbaijani: kartric — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Azerbaijani: картриҹ — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Belarusian: ка́ртрыдж (kártrydž) — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Bulgarian: касе́та (kaséta) — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Catalan: cartutx — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 墨盒 (mòhé) — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 硒鼓 (xīgǔ) — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Czech: kazeta — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Danish: patron — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Dutch: inktpatroon — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Dutch: patroon — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Esperanto: kartoĉo — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Estonian: kassett — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Faroese: patrón — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Finnish: kasetti — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Finnish: mustekasetti — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • French: cartouche — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • German: Patrone — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • German: Kartusche — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Hebrew: מחסנית (makhsánnit) — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Hungarian: patron — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Indonesian: kartrid tinta — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Indonesian: tabung cetak — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Italian: cartuccia — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Japanese: インクカートリッジ (inkukātorijji) — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Korean: 카트리지 (kateuriji) — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Latin: cucullus — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Macedonian: касе́та (kaséta) — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Malay: katrij — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Marathi: कार्टरिज (kārṭarij) — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Mongolian: картриж (kartriž) — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Norwegian Bokmål: patron — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: patron — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Iranian Persian: کارْتْریج (kârtrij) — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Polish: kartridż — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Polish: kaseta drukująca — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Polish: wkład drukujący — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Polish: kartusz — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Polish: pojemnik z tuszem — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Portuguese: cartucho — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Romanian: cartuș — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Russian: ка́ртридж (kártridž) — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Serbo-Croatian: kertridž — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Serbo-Croatian: kaseta sa mastilom — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Serbo-Croatian: ispisni uložak — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Serbo-Croatian: ispisni spremnik — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Serbo-Croatian: ispisna uloška — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Serbo-Croatian: kartuš — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Slovak: kazeta — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Spanish: cartucho — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Spanish: cartucho de tinta — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Spanish: cartridge (kártrich) — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Swedish: bläckpatron — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Swedish: patron — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Tagalog: kartutso — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Thai: กระสุน (grà-sǔn) — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Thai: คาร์ทริดจ์ — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Turkish: kartuş — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Ukrainian: ка́ртридж (kártrydž) — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Vietnamese: mực — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Volapük: niniär — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Volapük: niganiniär — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Welsh: cetris — vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
  • Esperanto: kasedo — enclosure containing read-only memory devices
  • Esperanto: kaseto — enclosure containing read-only memory devices
  • French: cartouche — enclosure containing read-only memory devices
  • Indonesian: kartrid — enclosure containing read-only memory devices
  • Indonesian: kaset — enclosure containing read-only memory devices
  • Marathi: कार्टरिज (kārṭarij) — enclosure containing read-only memory devices
  • Portuguese: cartucho — enclosure containing read-only memory devices
  • Portuguese: fita — enclosure containing read-only memory devices
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