shipping

English

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪpɪŋ

Etymology 1

From Middle English schipping, schyppynge, from Middle English schippen, schipen (“to take ship, navigate”), from Old English scipian (“to take ship; put in order, equip, man a ship”), equivalent to ship +‎ -ing.

Noun

shipping (countable and uncountable; plural shippings)

1. The transportation of goods.
2. The body of ships belonging to one nation, port or industry.
3. Passage or transport on a ship.
4. The cost of sending an item or package via postal services.

Derived terms

• shipping lane

Translations

transportation of goods

• Czech: přeprava (cs) f
• Finnish: kuljetus (fi)
• German: Schifffahrt (de) f

• Irish: loingseoireacht (ga) f, loingeas (ga) m
• Russian: перевозка (ru) (perevozka) f, доставка (ru) (dostavka) f, отправка (ru) (otpravka) f
• Swedish: frakt (sv)

body of ships belonging to one nation, port or industry

• Finnish: laivasto (fi)
• Irish: loingseoireacht (ga) f, loingeas (ga) m

• Scottish Gaelic: luingeas (gd) m and f

passage or transport on a ship

• Finnish: laivamatka (fi) (passage), laivakuljetus (fi) (transport), laivaus (fi)

• Irish: loingseoireacht (ga) f, loingeas (ga) m

Etymology 2

From ship +‎ -ing.

Verb

shipping

1. Present participle of ship.