• IPA: /ˈʃæmbl̩z/

shambles (plural shambles)

1. work done in a poor fashion
2. a scene of great disorder or ruin
3. a great mess or clutter

   This website is a shambles.

4. a scene of bloodshed, carnage or devastation
5. a slaughterhouse
6. (archaic) a butcher's shop
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, 1 Corinthians 10:25 ↗:

     Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake.

   • 1729, Jonathan Swift, A Modest Proposal

     As to our city of Dublin, shambles may be appointed for this purpose in the most convenient parts of it, and butchers we may be assured will not be wanting […]

• French: fouillis
• German: Durcheinander, Tohuwabohu, Schlachtfeld, Trümmerhaufen
• Russian: разру́ха

• French: capharnaüm, bordel, chienlit
• German: Durcheinander, Chaos, Scherbenhaufen, Saustall
• Russian: неразбери́ха

• German: Schlachtfeld
• Russian: бо́йня

• German: Schlachthaus
• Russian: бо́йня
• Spanish: matadero

• German: Fleischerei, Fleischhauer, Metzgerei

1. third-person singular form of shamble