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.

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
• 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 (かいもの, kaimono), ショッピング (shoppingu)
• Korean: 쇼핑 (ko) (syoping)
• 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)
• 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
• Urdu: خریداری‎ f (xarīdārī)
• Vietnamese: sự đi mua hàng, mua sắm (vi)

things bought

• 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
• Spanish: compras (es) f pl

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 le 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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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.

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