kaput /kəˈpo͝ot, , kəˈpʊt
, käˈpo͝ot, kɑˈpʊt
/ ▸ adjective [predicative] informal broken and useless; no longer working or effective: the water pump's broken, kaput.
– ORIGIN late 19th century : from German kaputt, from French (être) capot ‘(be) without tricks in a card game’; compare with capot.