capharnaüm

== French == === Etymology === From Latin Capharnaūm, 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 === IPA(key): /ka.faʁ.na.ɔm/ === Noun === capharnaüm m (uncountable) (figuratively, colloquial) shambles Synonym: bordel (colloquial) (unorderly) storeroom, closet === Further reading === “capharnaüm”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012