shambles

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• /ˈʃæmbəlz/
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From Middle English schamels, plural of schamel, from Old English sċeamol, sċamul (“bench, stool”), from Proto-West Germanic *skamul, *skamil (“stool, bench”), from Vulgar Latin scamellum, from Latin scamillum (“little bench, ridge”), from Latin scamnum (“bench, ridge, breadth of a field”).

65 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Czech: nepořádek — scene of great disorder or ruin
• Czech: chaos — scene of great disorder or ruin
• French: fouillis — scene of great disorder or ruin
• German: Durcheinander — scene of great disorder or ruin
• German: Tohuwabohu — scene of great disorder or ruin
• German: Schlachtfeld — scene of great disorder or ruin
• German: Trümmerhaufen — scene of great disorder or ruin
• Hungarian: zűrzavar — scene of great disorder or ruin
• Japanese: 落花狼藉 (rakkarouzeki) — scene of great disorder or ruin
• Māori: kaumingomingo — scene of great disorder or ruin
• Māori: kūnakunaku — scene of great disorder or ruin
• Russian: разру́ха (razrúxa) — scene of great disorder or ruin
• Russian: руи́ны (ruíny) — scene of great disorder or ruin
• Russian: разва́лины (razváliny) — scene of great disorder or ruin
• Spanish: ruinas — scene of great disorder or ruin
• Spanish: destartalado — scene of great disorder or ruin
• Czech: nepořádek — great mess or clutter
• Czech: binec — great mess or clutter
• Danish: rodebutik — great mess or clutter
• French: capharnaüm — great mess or clutter
• French: bordel — great mess or clutter
• French: chienlit — great mess or clutter
• German: Durcheinander — great mess or clutter
• German: Chaos — great mess or clutter
• German: Scherbenhaufen — great mess or clutter
• German: Saustall — great mess or clutter
• Hungarian: rendetlenség — great mess or clutter
• Hungarian: összevisszaság — great mess or clutter
• Japanese: 大混乱 (daikonran) — great mess or clutter
• Māori: kūnakunaku — great mess or clutter
• Portuguese: bagunça total — great mess or clutter
• Russian: неразбери́ха (nerazberíxa) — great mess or clutter
• Russian: беспоря́док (besporjádok) — great mess or clutter
• Russian: каварда́к (kavardák) — great mess or clutter
• Russian: барда́к (bardák) — great mess or clutter
• Russian: пу́таница (pútanica) — great mess or clutter
• Russian: бедла́м (bedlám) — great mess or clutter
• Swedish: röra — great mess or clutter
• Thai: เละเทะ (lé-té) — great mess or clutter
• Thai: เละตุ้มเป๊ะ (lé-dtûm-bpé) — great mess or clutter
• Danish: slagtehus — scene of bloodshed, carnage or devastation
• German: Schlachtfeld — scene of bloodshed, carnage or devastation
• Hungarian: pusztulás — scene of bloodshed, carnage or devastation
• Hungarian: romhalmaz — scene of bloodshed, carnage or devastation
• Irish: cosair chró — scene of bloodshed, carnage or devastation
• Japanese: 修羅の巷 (syura no chimata) — scene of bloodshed, carnage or devastation
• Russian: бо́йня (bójnja) — scene of bloodshed, carnage or devastation
• Czech: jatka — slaughterhouse
• Danish: slagtehus — slaughterhouse
• Galician: matadoiro — slaughterhouse
• German: Schlachthaus — slaughterhouse
• Hungarian: vágóhíd — slaughterhouse
• Japanese: 屠所 (tosho) — slaughterhouse
• Japanese: 畜殺場 (chikusatsuba) — slaughterhouse
• Korean: 도축장 (dochukjang) — slaughterhouse
• Portuguese: matadouro — slaughterhouse
• Russian: бо́йня (bójnja) — slaughterhouse
• Russian: скотобо́йня (skotobójnja) — slaughterhouse
• Spanish: matadero — slaughterhouse
• German: Fleischerei — butcher’s shop
• German: Fleischhauer — butcher’s shop
• German: Metzgerei — butcher’s shop
• Hungarian: mészárszék — butcher’s shop
• Scottish Gaelic: margadh na feòla — butcher’s shop
• Spanish: carnicería — butcher’s shop