shopping

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. Searching for or buying goods or services.

   On Saturdays we usually do the shopping.

   • 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.

Anagrams

• Hoppings, hoppings

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).

Etymology

Borrowed from English shopping.

Noun

shopping m (invariable)

1. shopping

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

Etymology

Borrowed from English shopping.

Noun

shopping m (plural shoppings)

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