shambles

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A scene of great disorder or ruin.
2. (countable) A great mess or clutter.
3. (countable) A scene of bloodshed, carnage or devastation.
4. (countable) A slaughterhouse.
5. (archaic, countable) A butcher's shop.

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of shamble

shamble

• Verb
• Noun

Lees verder

Concepten

slachthuis

rotzooi

Synoniemen

abattoir

slaughterhouse

butchery

slaughter-house

mess

chaos

ruin

muddle

turmoil

muss

disorder

confusion

jumble

kerfuffle

massacre

mayhem

pandemonium

razzmatazz

slaughter

tatter

tumult

turbulence

upheaval

uproar

balagan

garboil

topsyturvydom

Sturm und Drang

babel

bedlam

bloodbath

carnage

combustion

convulsion

debris

disorderliness

disruption

farrago

hodgepodge

Vertalingen

abattoir

Schlachthof

matadero

açougue

capharnaüm

Schlachthaus

matadouro

kesim evi

pagaille

σφαγείο

mezbaha

salhane

kanara

macello

mattatoio

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈʃæmbl̩z/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: schamels

Overgenomen van Oudengels: sċeamol

In summary

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”).