kardus

From Dutch kardoes, from Middle French cartouche, Italian cartoccio, derived from Latin carta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus, paper”). Doublet of kartel, karton, kartu, katrij, kartrid, and kertas.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkardʊs]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: kar‧dus

kardus (plural kardus-kardus)

1. a kind of thick paper

   Synonyms: karton, kerdus

• kadbod (Standard Malay)

• “kardus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from Middle Low German karduse, kartuse, from French cartouche, from Italian cartoccio. Cognate of Danish kardus, Dutch kardoes. Doublet of kartesch and kartusch.

kardus c

1. canister of tobacco
2. (historical) cartridge (gunpowder hull made of cloth)

• kardus in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker