Meanings
cartridge1
nouncartridge (plural cartridges)
plural cartridges · alternative cartage
- engineeringThe 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 - broadlyA prefabricated subassembly that can be easily installed in or removed from a larger mechanism or replaced with another interchangeable subassembly.
- businessA replaceable valve assembly within a faucet or shower fixture that regulates the flow and temperature of the water.
- computingMagnetic 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 - computingA removable enclosure containing read-only memory devices, used for rapid loading of software onto a home computer or video game console.
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 32 more examples
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 180Not 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 - obsoleteA 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".
Cartridge2
proper noun
- A surname.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna light-tight supply chamber holding the film and supplying it for exposure as required
Similar
Broader
supply chamber
nounan electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable
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Broader
electro-acoustic transducer
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Medieval Latincarta“paper”
- Italiancartoccio“roll of paper”
- Frenchcartouche
- Englishcartridge
Corruption of earlier cartage, from French cartouche, from Italian cartoccio (“roll of paper”), from Medieval Latin carta (“paper”). Doublet of cartouche.
More words from French, Italian, Medieval Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans patroon
- patroonfirearms package
Arabic خَرْطُوش, خَرْطُوشَة
- خَرْطُوش (ḵarṭūš)firearms package
- خَرْطُوشَة (ḵarṭūša)firearms package
Bengali কার্তুজ
- কার্তুজ (kartuj)firearms package
Bulgarian касе́та, патро́н
- касе́та (kaséta)vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
- патро́н (patrón)firearms package
Catalan cartutx, cartutx
- cartutxvessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
- cartutxfirearms package
Chinese Mandarin 墨盒, 硒鼓
- 墨盒 (mòhé)vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
- 硒鼓 (xīgǔ)vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
- 槍彈 /枪弹 (qiāngdàn)firearms package
- 彈藥筒 /弹药筒 (dànyàotǒng)firearms package
Czech kazeta, náboj
- kazetavessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
- nábojfirearms package
Danish patron, patron
- patronvessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
- patronfirearms package
Dutch inktpatroon, patroon
- inktpatroonvessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
- patroonvessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
- patroonfirearms package
Esperanto kartoĉo, kasedo
- kartoĉovessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
- kasedoenclosure containing read-only memory devices
- kasetoenclosure containing read-only memory devices
Estonian kassett, padrun
- kassettvessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
- padrunfirearms package
Finnish kasetti, mustekasetti
- kasettivessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
- mustekasettivessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
- patruunafirearms package
- paukkufirearms package
- patifirearms package
- kutifirearms package
- ammusfirearms package
French cartouche, cartouche
- cartouchevessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
- cartoucheenclosure containing read-only memory devices
- cartouchefirearms package
German Patrone, Kartusche
- Patronevessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
- Kartuschevessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
- Patronefirearms package
Greek φυσίγγιο
- φυσίγγιο (fysíngio)firearms package
Hebrew מחסנית, מַחְסָנִית
- מחסנית (makhsánnit)vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
- מַחְסָנִית (makhsanít)firearms package
- תַּרְמִיל (tarmíl)firearms package
Hindi कारतूस
- कारतूस (kārtūs)firearms package
Hungarian patron, töltény
- patronvessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
- töltényfirearms package
Indonesian kartrid tinta, tabung cetak
- kartrid tintavessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
- tabung cetakvessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
- kartridenclosure containing read-only memory devices
- kasetenclosure containing read-only memory devices
- patrunfirearms package
- kertusfirearms package
- kelongsong pelurufirearms package
Irish cartús, cartús
- cartúsvessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
- cartúsenclosure containing read-only memory devices
- cartúsfirearms package
Italian cartuccia, cartuccia
- cartucciavessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
- cartucciafirearms package
Japanese インクカートリッジ, 実包
- インクカートリッジ (inkukātorijji)vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
- 実包 (jippō)firearms package
Korean 카트리지, 탄약통
- 카트리지 (kateuriji)vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
- 탄약통 (tanyaktong)firearms package
Latin cucullus
- cucullusvessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
Latvian patrona, šāviņš
- patronafirearms package
- šāviņšfirearms package
Lithuanian patronas, šovinys
- patronasfirearms package
- šovinysfirearms package
Malay katrij, peluru
- katrijvessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
- pelurufirearms package
Māori kariri
- karirifirearms package
Norwegian Bokmål patron, patron
- patronvessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
- patronfirearms package
Polish kartridż, kaseta drukująca
- kartridżvessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
- kaseta drukującavessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
- wkład drukującyvessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
- kartuszvessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
- pojemnik z tuszemvessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
- nabójfirearms package
Portuguese cartucho, cartucho
- cartuchovessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
- cartuchoenclosure containing read-only memory devices
- fitaenclosure containing read-only memory devices
- cartuchofirearms package
- pentefirearms package
Romanian cartuș, cartuș
- cartușvessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
- cartușfirearms package
Russian ка́ртридж, патро́н
- ка́ртридж (kártridž)vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
- патро́н (patrón)firearms package
Slovak kazeta, náboj
- kazetavessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
- nábojfirearms package
Spanish cartucho, cartucho de tinta
- cartuchovessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
- cartucho de tintavessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
- cartridge (kártrich)vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
- cartuchofirearms package
- cartucherafirearms package
Swahili ramia
- ramiafirearms package
Swedish bläckpatron, patron
- bläckpatronvessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
- patronvessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
- patronfirearms package
Tagalog kartutso, kartutso
- kartutsovessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
- kartutsofirearms package
Thai กระสุน, คาร์ทริดจ์
- กระสุน (grà-sǔn)vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
- คาร์ทริดจ์vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
Turkish kartuş, kovan
- kartuşvessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
- kovanfirearms package
- hartuçfirearms package
- fişekfirearms package
Ukrainian ка́ртридж, набі́й
- ка́ртридж (kártrydž)vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
- набі́й (nabíj)firearms package
- патро́н (patrón)firearms package
Urdu کارْتُوس
- کارْتُوس (kārtūs)firearms package
Vietnamese mực
- mựcvessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
Welsh cetris
- cetrisvessel which contains the ink for a computer printer
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with cartridge
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
cartridge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cartridge
MLA
“cartridge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cartridge. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cartridge,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cartridge.
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