szambo

== Polish == === Etymology === Allegedly named after a French person Chambeau, but no such person has been identified. Others suggest it may come from French chambre. Compare pot de chambre. Also found as Russian шамбо (šambo), Armenian շամփո / շամփօ (šampʻo). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʂam.bɔ/ Rhymes: -ambɔ Syllabification: szam‧bo === Noun === szambo n (related adjective szambowy) cesspit, septic tank (small-scale watertight treatment system for domestic sewage in which the flow is slowed to allow sedimentation and sludge digestion by bacteria to take place) Synonym: kloaka (colloquial, figurative) dreck (morally ambiguous situation) Synonym: bagno (derogatory, figurative) group of suspicious, deceitful people ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “szambo”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “szambo”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish) szambo in PWN's encyclopedia