capout

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capout

\ka.put\
[ka.put] France (Vosges)
[kɑ.pɯt] Canada (Shawinigan)
[ka.pu] Vosges (France)

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Emprunté à l’allemand kaputt (« cassé »).

adjective caput · kaput

familiar, Germanisme Cassé, gâté, brisé. Quand ils ont dû marcher vers Paris, ils pleuraient, disant : Papa Antoine, nous capout, capout ! — puis, qu’ils avaient pas leurs pareils pour soigner le bestial !

Similar: fichu, foutu, foiré

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adjective

Similar: fichu, foutu, foiré

In English

kaput out of order

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MLA

"capout." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fr/capout. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

capout. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fr/capout

Chicago

"capout." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fr/capout.

BibTeX

@misc{capout_2026,
  title = {capout},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fr/capout},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}