shopping
French, noun/ʃɔ.piŋ/
shopping is spelled S-H-O-P-P-I-N-G (8 letters) and appears 7.8 times per million words in written French, the 8,090th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Shopping is a French masculine noun meaning “shopping (act of shopping)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’aller dans les magasins pour y effectuer des achats et observer les différents produits vendus”.
What does shopping mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshopping (act of shopping)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’aller dans les magasins pour y effectuer des achats et observer les différents produits vendus.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of shopping
- shoppings plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce shopping?
- /ʃɔ.piŋ/
- \ʃɔ.piŋ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to shopping
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is shopping in French?
shopping appears 7.8 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).