shopping

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɑpɪŋ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɒpɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɒpɪŋ

Verb

shopping

1. present participle of shop

Noun

shopping (usually uncountable, plural shoppings)

1. The process of buying goods or services, or searching for those suitable to buy.

   On Saturdays we usually do the shopping.

   • 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 2, in 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. Recently bought goods.

   I carried three heavy bags of shopping up the stairs.

3. An area's combination of stores and other infrastructure and products available for people who want to shop.

   Boston has good shopping.

4. Placement in a workshop for overhaul.
   • 1961 November, “Talking of Trains: The roller-bearing A1s”, in Trains Illustrated, page 643:

     The five roller-bearing A1s are now averaging 120,000 miles between shopping; this figure is an improvement of about 50 per cent on the norm of other ex-L.N.E. Pacific types.

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

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: تَسَوُّق‎ m (tasawwuq)
• Basque: erosketa
• Belarusian: ку́пля f (kúplja), паку́пкі f pl (pakúpki)
• Bulgarian: пазару́ване n (pazarúvane)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: nakupování n, nákup (cs) m
• Dutch: winkelen (nl) pl, boodschappen doen
• Estonian: ostud
• Finnish: shoppailu (fi), ostoksilla käyminen, ostaminen (fi), osteleminen (fi), shoppaileminen (fi), ostelu (fi)
• French: shopping (fr) m, courses (fr) f pl, magasinage (fr) m (Quebec)
• German: Einkaufen n, Einkauf (de) m, Einkäufe (de) pl or m, Shopping (de) n
• Hindi: ख़रीदारी f (xarīdārī)
• Indonesian: berbelanja (id)
• Irish: siopadóireacht f
• Japanese: 買い物 (ja) (かいもの, kaimono), ショッピング (shoppingu)
• Korean: 쇼핑 (ko) (syoping), 물건사기 (mulgeonsagi)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can

• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: купување n (kupuvanje), пазарење n (pazarenje)
• Malay: membeli-belah
• Norwegian: shopping m, handling (no) m
• Polish: zakupy (pl) pl, sprawunki pl
• Portuguese: compras (pt) f pl
• Romanian: cumpărături f pl
• Russian: поку́пка (ru) f (pokúpka), (normally plural) поку́пки (ru) f pl (pokúpki), шо́ппинг (ru) m (šópping), ку́пля (ru) f (kúplja)
• Scots: messages
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: куповина, шопинг m

  Roman: kupovina (sh), šoping (sh) m

• Spanish: shopping (es) m, compras (es) f pl
• Swedish: shopping (sv) c
• Thai: ชอปปิ้ง (chɔ́p-bping), การซื้อของ
• Ukrainian: купі́вля f (kupívlja), купува́ння n (kupuvánnja), поку́пки f pl (pokúpky), шо́пінг m (šópinh)
• Urdu: خریداری‎ f (xarīdārī)
• Vietnamese: sự đi mua hàng, mua sắm (vi)

things bought

• Belarusian: паку́пкі f pl (pakúpki)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 買的東西, 买的东西 (mǎi de dōngxi)

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

• Norwegian: varer (no) m pl, matvarer m pl
• Polish: zakupy (pl) pl
• Portuguese: compras (pt) f pl
• Russian: поку́пки (ru) f pl (pokúpki)
• Spanish: compras (es) f pl
• Ukrainian: поку́пки f pl (pokúpky)

Anagrams

• Hoppings, hoppings

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English shopping.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɔ.piŋ/

Noun

shopping m (plural shoppings)

1. shopping (act of shopping)

Further reading

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

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English shopping.

Noun

shopping m (invariable)

1. shopping

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Polish

Etymology

From English shopping.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʂɔ.pʲink/

Noun

shopping m inan

1. shopping (leisure activity of going shopping)

Declension

declension of shopping

	singular	plural
nominative	shopping	shoppingi
genitive	shoppingu	shoppingów
dative	shoppingowi	shoppingom
accusative	shopping	shoppingi
instrumental	shoppingiem	shoppingami
locative	shoppingu	shoppingach
vocative	shoppingu	shoppingi

Further reading

• shopping in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• shopping in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English shopping.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɔ.pĩŋ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɔ.pĩ/, /ˈʃɔ.pẽj̃/

Noun

shopping m (plural shoppings)

1. shopping center
2. mall

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English shopping.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃopin/, [ˈʃo.pĩn]

Noun

shopping m (plural shoppings)

1. shopping center
2. shopping (the leisure activity of going shopping)

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Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English shopping, equivalent to shoppa +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /¹ɧɔpɪŋ/

Noun

shopping c (uncountable)

1. shopping (the leisure activity of going shopping)

Declension

Declension of shopping
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	shopping	shoppingen	—	—
Genitive	shoppings	shoppingens	—	—

Related terms

• shoppa
• shop