kaput
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From German kaputt (“broken, out of order”), from French capot (“to be without a trick in the card game Piquet”). Cognate to Dutch kapot.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kəˈpʊt/, /kəˈpuːt/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ʊt, -uːt
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:
- 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.
Translations
out of order — See also translations at out of order
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Danish
Etymology
From German kaputt (“broken, out of order”), from French capot (“to be without a trick in the card game Piquet”).
Adjective
kaput (neuter kaput, plural and definite singular attributive kaput)
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from German kaputt (“broken, out of order”), from French capot (“to be without a trick in the card game Piquet”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑput/, [ˈkɑput̪]
- Rhymes: -ɑput
- Syllabification(key): ka‧put
Declension
Indeclinable.
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkɒput]
- Hyphenation: ka‧put
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from German kaputt, from French être capot, from Old French capote, from cape, from Late Latin cappa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈput/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aput
- Syllabification: ka‧put
Usage notes
Used only in a predicative position.
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kǎpuːt/
- Hyphenation: ka‧put
Declension
Sundanese
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish قاپوت (kaput), from French capote.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.put/
Noun
kaput (definite accusative kaputu, plural kaputlar)
Declension
| Inflection | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | kaput | |
| Definite accusative | kaputu | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | kaput | kaputlar |
| Definite accusative | kaputu | kaputları |
| Dative | kaputa | kaputlara |
| Locative | kaputta | kaputlarda |
| Ablative | kaputtan | kaputlardan |
| Genitive | kaputun | kaputların |
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