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kaputt

[ka.pyt]

adj

LanguageFrench (France)

Meaning
  1. kaput, out of order
  2. dead
  3. broken
  4. Describes something that is no longer working or is completely broken.
Examples

Mon vieux téléphone est complètement kaputt.

My old phone is completely broken.

Pronunciationka.pyt

Part of speechadj

Usage noteThis is an informal term borrowed from German, often used colloquially in French.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.