shopping

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒpɪŋ

Verb

shopping

1. Present participle of shop.

Noun

shopping (countable and uncountable, plural shoppings)

1. (uncountable) Searching for or buying goods or services.

   On Saturdays we usually do the shopping.

   • 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 2, A Cuckoo in the Nest^[1]:

     Mother […] considered that the exclusiveness of Peter's circle was due not to its distinction, but to the fact that it was an inner Babylon of prodigality and whoredom, from which every Kensingtonian held aloof, except on the conventional tip-and-run excursions in pursuit of shopping, tea and theatres.

2. (uncountable) Recently bought goods.

   I carried three heavy bags of shopping up the stairs.

3. (countable, South America) A shopping center.
   • 2013, Karen Keller, Portuguese For Dummies (page 131)

     In Brazil, shoppings are more associated with the middle and upper classes.

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 m (tasáwwuq)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 買東西 (zh), 买东西 (mǎi dōngxi), 購物 (zh), 购物 (gòuwù), 血拼 (zh) (xuèpīn)

• Czech: nakupování n, nákup m
• Dutch: winkelen (nl) pl, boodschappen doen
• Estonian: ostud
• Finnish: ostos (not exact equivalent, see fi entry)
• French: shopping (fr) m, courses (fr) f pl
• German: Einkaufen n
• Hindi: ख़रीदारी f (xarīdārī)
• Indonesian: berbelanja
• Japanese: 買い物 (かいもの, kaimono), 買物 (かいもの, kaimono), ショッピング (shoppingu)
• Korean: 쇼핑 (ko) (syoping)
• Macedonian: купување n (kupúvanje), пазарење n (pazárenje)

• Malay: membeli-belah
• Norwegian: shopping m, handling m
• Polish: zakupy (pl) pl
• Portuguese: compras (pt) f pl
• Romanian: cumpărături f pl
• Russian: покупка (ru) f (pokúpka), (normally plural) покупки (ru) f pl (pokúpki), шоппинг (ru) m (šópping)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: куповина, шопинг m

  Roman: kupovina, šoping m

• Spanish: shopping (es) m
• Swedish: shopping (sv) c
• Thai: ชอปปิ้ง (chôp-bpîng)
• Urdu: خریداری f (xarīdārī)
• Vietnamese: sự đi mua hàng, mua sắm (vi)

things bought

• Finnish: ostokset pl
• German: Einkäufe (de) m pl
• Indonesian: barang belanjaan

• Norwegian: varer (no) m pl, matvarer m pl
• Portuguese: compras (pt) f pl

Anagrams

• hoppings

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French

Etymology

English.

Noun

shopping m (plural shoppings)

1. shopping (act of shopping)

External links

• “shopping” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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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

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Spanish

Noun

shopping m (plural shoppings)

1. shopping center