different between shopping vs windowshopping

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /???p??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???p??/
• Rhymes: -?p??

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.
2. Recently bought goods.

3. An area's combination of stores and other infrastructure and products available for people who want to shop.

4. Placement in a workshop for overhaul.

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

Translations

Anagrams

• Hoppings, hoppings

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English shopping.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.pi?/

Noun

shopping m (plural shoppings)

1. shopping (act of shopping)

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English shopping.

Noun

shopping m (invariable)

1. shopping

Polish

Etymology

From English shopping.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.p?ink/

Noun

shopping m inan

1. shopping (leisure activity of going shopping)

Declension

Further reading

• shopping in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• shopping in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English shopping.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.p??/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /???.p?/, /???.p?j?/

Noun

shopping m (plural shoppings)

1. shopping center
2. mall

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English shopping.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??opin/, [??o.p?n]

Noun

shopping m (plural shoppings)

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

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /¹??p??/

Noun

shopping c (uncountable)

1. shopping (the leisure activity of going shopping)

Declension

Related terms

• shoppa
• shop

English

Noun

windowshopping (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of window-shopping
   • 1959, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (volume 15, number 9, November 1959, page 368)

     Although it may simplify matters to the point of naivete and vulgarization, such windowshopping may also tell us roughly what is on the market.