Used in a Sentence

cartouche

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for cartouche.

Editorial note

The solution is to do it nato-alphabet style, and put the loaned word in a cartouche.

Examples13
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(Egyptology, hieroglyphs) An oval figure containing the characters of an important personal name, such as that of royal or divine people.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of cartouche gathered in one view.

noun

(Egyptology, hieroglyphs) An oval figure containing the characters of an important personal name, such as that of royal or divine people.

noun

(architecture) An ornamental figure, often on an oval shield.

noun

(cartography) A decorative emblem on a globe or map.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for cartouche.

noun

(Egyptology, hieroglyphs) An oval figure containing the characters of an important personal name, such as that of royal or divine people.

noun

(architecture) An ornamental figure, often on an oval shield.

noun

(cartography) A decorative emblem on a globe or map.

noun

(firearms) A paper cartridge.

Example sentences

1

The solution is to do it nato-alphabet style, and put the loaned word in a cartouche.

2

Most archaeological timelines assume that a rough scratched royal cartouche means the whole artifact or building was created by that pharaoh.

3

Egyptian signatures weren't written BY the person signing, but if you had your own cartouche, ain't nobody faking that...

4

That's clearly from an Ancient Cartouche from the Goa'uld era, before Ra left the earth and the stargate was buried.

5

Two interesting words that Punjabi/Hindi has loaned from French is Savon (sabun) and Cartouche (Kartoos).

6

The disc in the centre has a cartouche, a vertical panel of symbols.

7

Egyptians were always very proud of their restoration work, often to the point of chiseling out the builder's cartouche and carving their own in its place.

8

Wouldn't the name be set off in a conspicuous cartouche?

9

This meant that the cartouche represented ('?-?-s-s').

10

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11

Some later generation of Egyptology will acknowledge that a cartouche carved into a piece of stonework only fixes a lower bound on its age, and cannot by itself identify who made it.

12

Look at the story of the decipherment: > Champollion focussed on a cartouche containing just four hieroglyphs: the first two symbols were unknown, but the repeated pair at the end signified 's-s'.

Quote examples

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Only "evidence" Khufu built the pyramid is the forged cartouche in the "relieving chamber" of the "King's chamber." The entire history is predicated on its supposed authenticity.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use cartouche in a sentence?

The solution is to do it nato-alphabet style, and put the loaned word in a cartouche.

What does cartouche mean?

(Egyptology, hieroglyphs) An oval figure containing the characters of an important personal name, such as that of royal or divine people.

What part of speech is cartouche?

cartouche is commonly used as noun.