"kaput" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /kəˈpʊt/, /kəˈpuːt/ Audio: En-au-kaputt.ogg [Australia]
Rhymes: -ʊt, -uːt 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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|kaputt|t=broken, out of order}} German kaputt (“broken, out of order”), {{der|en|fr|capot|t=to be without a trick in the card game Piquet}} French capot (“to be without a trick in the card game Piquet”), {{cog|nl|kapot}} Dutch kapot Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} kaput (not comparable)
  1. (informal) Out of order; not working. Wikipedia link: Piquet Tags: informal, not-comparable Synonyms: broken, out of order, kaputt Derived forms: kapoof, kaputness Translations: kapoet (Afrikaans), caput (Catalan), kaput (Danish), kapot (Dutch), kaput (Finnish), fini [masculine] (French), capout (French), en panne (French), en carafe (French), kaputt (German), өлүм (ölüm) (Kyrgyz), өлүү (ölüü) (Kyrgyz), жок болуу (jok boluu) (Kyrgyz), куруп кетүү (kurup ketüü) (Kyrgyz), kaputt (Norwegian Bokmål), kaputt (Norwegian Nynorsk), enguiçado [masculine] (Portuguese), pifado [masculine] (Portuguese), stricat (Romanian), distrus (Romanian), капу́т (kapút) [colloquial] (Russian), kaputt (Swedish), เจ๊ง (jéng) (Thai), พัง (pang) (Thai), קאַפּוט (kaput) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-kaput-en-adj-Dif7r9j8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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