The history of some words is a real masterpiece. For instance, kaput. The original word was the Latin "caput" - "a head"; and the way from "a head" to "the end of everything" is rather long.
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Kaput
//kəˈpʊt//
Synonyms for "kaput" (122 found)
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Closest matches (25)
Strong matches (36)
Related words (61)
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Translations
26 translations across 17 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- kapoet adj (out of order)
Catalan
1 entries- caput adj (out of order)
Danish
1 entries- kaput adj (out of order)
Dutch
1 entries- kapot adj (out of order)
Finnish
1 entries- kaput adj (out of order)
French
4 entries- capout adj (out of order)
- en carafe adj (out of order)
- en panne adj (out of order)
- fini adj (out of order)
German
1 entries- kaputt adj (out of order)
Kyrgyz
4 entries- жок болуу adj (out of order)
- куруп кетүү adj (out of order)
- өлүм adj (out of order)
- өлүү adj (out of order)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- kaputt adj (out of order)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- kaputt adj (out of order)
Portuguese
2 entries- enguiçado adj (out of order)
- pifado adj (out of order)
Romanian
2 entries- distrus adj (out of order)
- stricat adj (out of order)
Russian
1 entries- капу́т adj (out of order)
Swedish
1 entries- kaputt adj (out of order)
Thai
2 entries- พัง adj (out of order)
- เจ๊ง adj (out of order)
Turkish
1 entries- kaput adj (out of order)
Yiddish
1 entries- קאַפּוט adj (out of order)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
This razor is kaput.
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My car went kaput.
Source: wiktionary
His career is kaput.
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