shopping

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒpɪŋ

Verb

shopping

1. Present participle of shop.

Noun

shopping (uncountable)

1. Searching for or buying goods or services.

   On Saturdays we usually do the shopping.

2. Recently bought goods.

   I carried three heavy bags of shopping up the stairs.

Usage notes

In English, it is common to say do the shopping or go shopping See Appendix:MakeDoTakeHave

Derived terms

• home shopping
• shopping bag
• shopping basket
• shopping bot
• shopping cart
• shopping center
• shopping centre
• shopping list
• shopping mall
• shopping trolley
• window shopping

Translations

activity of buying

Arabic: تسوق (ar) (tasáwwuq) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 買東西 (cmn), 买东西 (cmn) (mǎi dōngxi), 購物 (cmn), 购物 (cmn) (gòuwù), 血拼 (zh) (xuèpīn) Croatian: kupovina (hr) f. Czech: nakupování (cs) n., nákup (cs) m. Dutch: winkelen (nl) pl. Estonian: ostud (et) Finnish: ostos (fi) (not exact equivalent, see fi entry) French: shopping (fr) m., courses (fr) f. pl. German: Einkaufen (de) n., Einkäufe (de) m. pl. Hindi: ख़रीदारी (hi) (xarīdārī) f. Japanese: 買い物　 (ja) (かいもの, kaimono), 買物 (ja) (かいもの, kaimono), ショッピング (ja) (shoppingu)

Korean: 쇼핑 (ko) (syoping) Macedonian: купување (mk) (kupúvanje) n., пазарење (mk) (pazárenje) n. Malay: membeli-belah (ms) Norwegian: shopping (no) m., handling (no) m. Polish: zakupy (pl) pl. Russian: покупка (ru) (pokúpka) f., (normally plural) покупки (ru) (pokúpki) f. pl., шоппинг (ru) (šópping) m. Serbo-Croatian: шопинг (sh) m., šoping (sh) m. Swedish: shopping (sv) c. Thai: ชอปปิ้ง (th) (chôp-bpîng) Urdu: خریداری (ur) (xarīdārī) f. Vietnamese: sự đi mua hàng (vi), mua sắm (vi)

things bought

Finnish: ostokset (fi) pl.

Anagrams

• hoppings

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Italian

Etymology

English

Noun

shopping

1. shopping

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Portuguese

Noun

shopping m. (plural shoppings)

1. shopping center