different between shipping vs postal

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???p??/
• Rhymes: -?p??

Etymology 1

From Middle English schipping, schyppynge, from schippen, schipen (“to take ship, navigate”), from Old English scipian (“to take ship; put in order, equip, man a ship”), equivalent to ship +? -ing.

Noun

shipping (countable and uncountable, plural shippings)

1. The transportation of goods.
2. The body of ships belonging to one nation, port or industry.
3. Passage or transport on a ship.
4. The cost of sending an item or package via postal services.

5. Navigation.

Derived terms

• shipping lane
• short-sea shipping

Translations

Etymology 2

From ship +? -ing.

Verb

shipping

1. present participle of ship

English

Etymology

From French postal.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): [?po?stl?]
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): [?p??stl?]
• Rhymes: -??st?l
• Hyphenation US: post?al, UK: pos?tal

Adjective

postal (not comparable)

1. Relating to the collection, sorting and delivery of mail.

   postal worker

   for all your postal needs

   work in the postal industry

Derived terms

• postal ballot
• postal money order, postal note, postal order
• postal vote

Related terms

• post
• post office
• postally used
• go postal

Translations

Anagrams

• A plots, plasto-

Catalan

Etymology

From posta +? -al.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /pos?tal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /pus?tal/

Adjective

postal (masculine and feminine plural postals)

1. postal

Noun

postal f (plural postals)

1. postcard

Further reading

• “postal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?s.tal/

Adjective

postal (feminine singular postale, masculine plural postaux, feminine plural postales)

1. postal

Derived terms

• carte postale
• code postal

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pu??ta?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pos?taw/

Adjective

postal m or f (plural postais, comparable)

1. postal (relating to mail)

Noun

postal m (plural postais)

1. postcard

   Synonyms: cartão-postal, bilhete-postal

Spanish

Etymology

From posta +? -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pos?tal/, [pos?t?al]

Adjective

postal (plural postales)

1. postal

Derived terms

Noun

postal f (plural postales)

1. postcard

Further reading

• “postal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.