kaput
See also: kaputt
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From German kaputt (“broken, out of order”), from French capot (“to be without a trick in the card game Piquet”)
Pronunciation
Adjective
kaput (not comparable)
- (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[1]:
- 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.
Derived terms
Translations
out of order — see also out of order
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Danish
Adjective
kaput (neuter kaput, plural and definite singular attributive kaput)
Finnish
Pronunciation
Adjective
kaput
Declension
Indeclinable.
Anagrams
Hungarian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
kaput
- accusative singular of kapu
- Nyisd ki a kaput! ― Open the gate!
Kavalan
Noun
kaput
Synonyms
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
kàpūt m (Cyrillic spelling ка̀пӯт)
Declension
Declension of kaput
See also
Sundanese
Verb
kaput
- to sew
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