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BNC: 42900 COCA: 30721

kaput

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kaput /kəˈpʊt/ adjective
kaput
/kəˈpʊt/
adjective
Learner's definition of KAPUT
not used before a noun informal
: no longer working无法使用;坏了
: no longer able to continue : completely ruined or defeated彻底结束了;彻底失败了
BNC: 42900 COCA: 30721

kaput

adjective

ka·​put kə-ˈpu̇t How to pronounce kaput (audio)
kä-,
-ˈpüt
variants or less commonly kaputt
1
: utterly finished, defeated, or destroyed
Their marriage is kaput.
2
: unable to function
The refrigerator is kaput.
often used with go
The engine suddenly went kaput.
3
: hopelessly outmoded

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Kaput originated with a card game called piquet that has been popular in France for centuries. French players originally used the term capot to describe both big winners and big losers in piquet. To win all twelve tricks in a hand was called "faire capot" ("to make capot"), but to lose them all was known as "être capot" ("to be capot"). German speakers adopted capot, but respelled it kaputt, and used it only for losers. When English speakers borrowed the word from German, they started using kaput for things that were broken, useless, or destroyed.

Example Sentences

once the Germans were forced to retreat from Stalingrad, the Nazi cause was kaput hard-line Soviet-style Communism became kaput in Russia
Recent Examples on the Web The Stooges are now functionally kaput—of the original lineup, only Pop is left. Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2019 At least not on Sunday afternoon, nearly a full two days after the Clippers were supposed to be done, finished, as kaput as the Kings – those in Sacramento and Los Angeles. Jeff Miller, Orange County Register, 29 Apr. 2017 The damages for that less-than-brilliant marketing idea could be as much as $120 million, meaning the company as a whole is pretty much financially kaput. Susan Arendt, WIRED, 14 Mar. 2007

Word History

Etymology

German kaputt, from French capot not having made a trick at piquet

First Known Use

1895, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of kaput was in 1895
BNC: 42900 COCA: 30721

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