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:Collocations of do, have, make, and take

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 (cmn) (xuèpīn)

• Czech: nakupování (cs) n, nákup (cs) m
• Dutch: winkelen (nl) pl, boodschappen doen
• 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:

  Cyrillic: куповина (sh), шопинг (sh) m

  Roman: kupovina (sh), 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

• Norwegian: varer (no) m pl, matvarer (no) m pl

Anagrams

• hoppings

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French

Etymology

English.

Noun

shopping m (plural shoppings)

1. shopping (act of shopping)

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Italian

Etymology

English.

Noun

shopping m (invariable)

1. shopping

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Portuguese

Noun

shopping m (plural shoppings)

1. shopping center