kaput
adjective
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Pronunciation: /kəˈpʊt/ / /kəˈpuːt/
adj
Etymology: Borrowed from German kaputt (“broken, out of order”), from French capot (“to be without a trick in the card game Piquet”). Cognate to Dutch kapot. Doublet of capot and capote.
- Out of order; not working.
“My car went kaput.”
“His career is kaput.”