kaput

• kaputt

From German kaputt (“broken, out of order”), from French capot (“to be without a trick in the card game Piquet”). Cognate to Dutch kapot.

• IPA^(key): /kəˈpʊt/, /kəˈpuːt/

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• Rhymes: -ʊt, -uːt

kaput (not comparable)

1. (informal) Out of order; not working.

   Synonyms: broken; see also Thesaurus:out of order

   My car went kaput.

   His career is kaput.

   Her marriage went kaput.

   • 1998, Saving Private Ryan (motion picture):

     German propaganda loudspeaker: […] The Statue of Liberty is KAPUT.
     Captain Miller: "The Statue of Liberty is kaput" – huh, that's disconcerting.

   • 2014 October 11, Simon Hattenstone, “Russell Brand: ‘I want to address the alienation and despair’”, in The Guardian‎:

     In the book, his conclusion is simple: capitalism is kaput, celebrity charity won’t plug holes, revolution is the only solution. Yet it also feels like a bit of a cop-out: he insists all this can be achieved through love, peace and understanding.

• kapoof
• kaputness

From German kaputt (“broken, out of order”), from French capot (“to be without a trick in the card game Piquet”).

kaput (neuter kaput, plural and definite singular attributive kaput)

1. broken, dysfunctional

• “kaput” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from German kaputt (“broken, out of order”), from French capot (“to be without a trick in the card game Piquet”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑput/, [ˈkɑ̝put̪]
• Rhymes: -ɑput
• Syllabification^(key): ka‧put

kaput (not comparable) (informal)

1. (predicative only) kaput

Indeclinable

kaput (not comparable) (colloquial)

1. kaput

• “kaput”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• kupat, putka

kapu +‎ -t

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒput]
• Hyphenation: ka‧put

kaput

1. accusative singular of kapu

   Nyisd ki a kaput! ― Open the gate!

kaput

1. friend

• luksan

Borrowed from German kaputt, from French être capot, from Old French capote, from cape, from Late Latin cappa.

• IPA^(key): /kaˈput/

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• Rhymes: -aput
• Syllabification: ka‧put

kaput

1. kaput!

• kaput in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• IPA^(key): /ka.ˈput/, [ka.ˈput]

kaput

1. companion; mate; partner

Borrowed from Italian cappotto.

• IPA^(key): /kǎpuːt/
• Hyphenation: ka‧put

kàpūt m (Cyrillic spelling ка̀пӯт)

1. coat

• mantil
• ogrtač
• kabanica

kaput

1. to sew

From Ottoman Turkish قاپوت (kaput), from French capote.

• IPA^(key): /ka.put/

kaput (definite accusative kaputu, plural kaputlar)

1. hood, bonnet (hinged cover over the engine of a motor vehicle)