cartucho

Portuguese

Etymology

    From French cartouche (cartouche),[1][2] from Italian cartoccio (paper bag, cartouche),[1] from carta, from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs), from χαράσσω (kharássō, to scratch, to inscribe), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (to scratch).

    Pronunciation

     
    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaʁˈtu.ʃu/ [kahˈtu.ʃu]
      • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kaɾˈtu.ʃu/
      • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kaʁˈtu.ʃu/ [kaχˈtu.ʃu]
      • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kaɻˈtu.ʃo/
     

    • Rhymes: -uʃu
    • Hyphenation: car‧tu‧cho
    • Homophone: cartuxo

    Noun

    cartucho m (plural cartuchos)

    1. (firearms) cartridge
    2. cartridge (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer)
    3. (Brazil, slang) connections

    Derived terms

    • queimar o último cartucho

    Descendants

    • Gujarati: કારતૂસ (kārtūs)
    • Hindustani: (see there for further descendants)
      Hindi: कारतूस (kārtūs)
      Urdu: کارْتُوس (kārtūs)
    • Konkani: कारतूश (kārtūś)
    • Marathi: कारतुस (kārtus), काडतुस (kāḍtus)

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 cartucho”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032025
    2. ^ cartucho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082025

    Spanish

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /kaɾˈtut͡ʃo/ [kaɾˈt̪u.t͡ʃo]
    • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
    • Rhymes: -utʃo
    • Syllabification: car‧tu‧cho

    Noun

    cartucho m (plural cartuchos)

    1. (firearms) cartridge
    2. (computing) cartridge
    3. ink cartridge
    4. (Egyptian hieroglyphs) cartouche

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    Further reading