Feminine

Patrone

Meaning

  1. (feminine) cartridge, round (live ammunition for a gun)
  2. (broadly, feminine) cartridge case, casing (parts of a round of ammunition exclusive of the projectile)
  3. (feminine) ink cartridge (for a printer)

Concepts

ink cartridge

shotgun shell

shot shell

ink-jet cartridge

cartidge

Frequency

C2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

badroone

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

kuugele

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from French patron. The meaning of 'cartridge' developed from 'patron (saint)' > 'pattern' (as in English) > 'standard amount of gunpowder in a case'. Doublet of Patron.

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