/ kəˈpʊt; NAmE / adjective
[ not before noun ] ( informal ) not working correctly; broken :
The truck's kaput.
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WORD ORIGIN
late 19th cent.: from German kaputt , from French (être) capot (be) without tricks in a card game.
/ kəˈpʊt; NAmE / adjective
[ not before noun ] ( informal ) not working correctly; broken :
The truck's kaput.
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WORD ORIGIN
late 19th cent.: from German kaputt , from French (être) capot (be) without tricks in a card game.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005