French word

shopping

Pronunciation

IPA/ʃɔpiŋ/

Meaning

  • masculine nounshopping

Example

Je vais faire du shopping cet après-midi.

I am going shopping this afternoon.

Illustration for shopping (shopping)

More examples

Elle a passé une journée de shopping hier.

She spent a day shopping yesterday.

Core concept

An outing spent looking around shops for clothes, accessories, or other personal purchases.

Common phrases

  • faire du shopping

    go shopping

  • journée de shopping

    a day of shopping

  • shopping entre amis

    shopping with friends

Similar words

achat: The act of paying to obtain a product.
course: A trip to a store to buy food or household essentials.
lèche-vitrine: Browsing shop windows and products, often without planning to buy.

Definition in French

Action de parcourir des magasins ou des boutiques pour acheter des articles, souvent des vêtements ou des objets personnels, parfois par plaisir plutôt que par nécessité.

Word origin

The French noun shopping comes from the English activity noun shopping, based on the verb shop and the suffix -ing.

Usage tips

  • For grocery shopping, faire les courses is usually more idiomatic than faire du shopping.

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