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French
Etymology
From Latin Capharnāum, the Biblical town Capernaum in Galilee. The sense derives from the Biblical story of the healing of a paralytic (Luke 5:17–26; Mark 2:1–12), in which a crowd of people assembles when Jesus visits Capernaum.
Pronunciation
Noun
capharnaüm m (uncountable)
- (figuratively, colloquial) shambles
- Synonym: bordel
2019, Alain Damasio, chapter 2, in Les furtifs [The Stealthies], La Volte, →ISBN:La cave ? Un vrai capharnaüm : un banc d’i-fit posé sur un vieux frigo tactile, deux vélices sans batterie, des coques de réul, du linge, un matelas à mémoire de forme, des meubles intelligents…- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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