e-commerce

See also: eCommerce

English

Alternative forms

• eCommerce
• E-commerce
• e-Commerce
• electronic commerce

Etymology

e- +‎ commerce

Noun

e-commerce (uncountable)

1. (Internet, business) Commercial activity conducted via the Internet.

Translations

commercial activity conducted via the Internet

• Arabic: تِجَارَة إِلِكْتْرُونِيَّة‎ f (tijāra ʾiliktrōniyya)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電子商貿, 电子商贸 (diànzǐ shāngmào), 電子商務 (zh), 电子商务 (zh) (diànzǐ shāngwù), e商務, e商务 (e-shāngwù), e商業, e商业 (e-shāngyè), 電商, 电商 (diànshāng)

• Dutch: electronic commerce, e-commerce (nl)
• Finnish: verkkokauppa (fi), verkkokaupankäynti
• French: commerce électronique (fr) f, vente en ligne (fr) f
• Georgian: ელექტრონული კომერცია (elekṭronuli ḳomercia)
• German: elektronischer Handel m, Internethandel m, Online-Handel m

• Hungarian: e-kereskedelem
• Japanese: 電子商取引 (でんししょうとりひき, denshi-shō-torihiki), イーコマース (īkomāsu), eコマース (e-komāsu)
• Korean: 전자 상업 (jeonja sang-eop) (電子商業), e-상업 (esang-eop)
• Portuguese: comércio eletrónico m (Portugal), comércio eletrônico m (Brazil)
• Russian: электро́нная комме́рция (ru) f (elektrónnaja kommércija)
• Spanish: comercio electrónico m, e-commerce f
• Vietnamese: thương mại điện tử

Usage notes

e-commerce when used in the body of a sentence or paragraph. e-Commerce when used at the beginning, or in the body, of a headline or title where all significant words are capitalized. E-commerce only when used at the beginning of a sentence.

Related terms

• e-trade