shopping

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English

Pronunciation

Verb

shopping

  1. present participle and gerund 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.
    • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Different Opinions”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. , volume I, London: Henry Colburn, , →OCLC, page 280:
      After a hard day's shopping, they had come home laden with bargains, and the dressing-room was strewed with Indian fans, ivory boxes, and lace.
    • 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 132:
      Here I began my shopping, was interviewed by dressmakers, and naturally had much to do to habit myself for civilized life again.
    • 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 2, in A Cuckoo in the Nest‎:
      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

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English shopping.

Pronunciation

Noun

shopping m (plural shoppings)

  1. shopping (act of shopping)

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English shopping.

Pronunciation

Noun

shopping m (invariable)

  1. shopping

References

  1. ^ shopping in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Polish

Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from shopping.

Pronunciation

Noun

shopping m inan

  1. (colloquial) shopping (leisure activity of going shopping to large shopping centres)
    Synonyms: kupowanie, sprawunki, zakupy

Declension

Declension of shopping
singular
nominative shopping
genitive shoppingu
dative shoppingowi
accusative shopping
instrumental shoppingiem
locative shoppingu
vocative shoppingu

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nouns

Further reading

  • shopping in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • shopping at Obserwatorium językowe Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego

Portuguese

Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from shopping, based on shopping center.

Pronunciation

Noun

shopping m (plural shoppings)

  1. shopping center
  2. mall

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English shopping.

Noun

shopping n (uncountable)

  1. shopping

Declension

declension of shopping (singular only)
singular
n gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) shopping shoppingul
genitive/dative (unui) shopping shoppingului
vocative shoppingule

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English shopping.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃopin/
  • Rhymes: -opin
  • Syllabification: shop‧ping

Noun

shopping m (plural shoppings)

  1. shopping (the leisure activity of going shopping)
  2. shopping center
    Synonym: centro comercial

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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 — —

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