shipping

English

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.
   • 2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:

     From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. […]   But viewed from high up in one of the growing number of skyscrapers in Sri Lanka’s capital, it is clear that something extraordinary is happening: China is creating a shipping hub just 200 miles from India’s southern tip.

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.
5. Navigation.
   • Shakespeare

     God send 'em good shipping.

Derived terms

• shipping lane

Translations

transportation of goods

• Czech: přeprava (cs) f
• Dutch: verzending (nl)
• Finnish: kuljetus (fi)
• French: expédition (fr) f, envoi (fr) m
• German: Schifffahrt (de) f

• Irish: seoladh m
• Portuguese: remessa (pt) f, transporte (pt) m
• Russian: перево́зка (ru) f (perevózka), доста́вка (ru) f (dostávka), отпра́вка (ru) f (otprávka)
• Swedish: frakt (sv)

body of ships belonging to one nation, port or industry

• Finnish: laivasto (fi)
• Irish: loingeas m

• Portuguese: frota (pt) f
• Scottish Gaelic: luingeas m, f

passage or transport on a ship

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

• Irish: loingseoireacht f

cost of sending goods

• French: frais de port (fr) m, frais de transport m, transport (fr) m, frais de livraison m

• Irish: iompar m, seachadadh m

Etymology 2

From ship +‎ -ing.

Verb

shipping

1. present participle of ship