noun
Meaning 1
A person who shops.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
shopper
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈʃɒp.ə/
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Australian: /ˈʃɔp.ə/
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General-American: /ˈʃɑ.pɚ/
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/ˈʃɑː.pəɾ/ Pakistani English
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rhymes with -ɒpə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: SH AA1 P ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A free local newspaper containing advertisements for local shops etc; sometimes includes discount coupons.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A kind of bicycle suited to riding short distances.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
A plastic shopping bag.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Pakistan
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noun
Meaning 5
someone who visits stores in search of articles to buy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: customer, client
Narrower terms: bargain hunter, shopaholic
noun
Meaning 6
a commercial agent who shops at the competitor's store in order to compare their prices and merchandise with those of the store that employs her
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: agent
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *skup- Old English scoppa Middle English shoppe English shop Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English shopper From shop + -er.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مُتَسَوِّق (mutasawwiq) — a person who shops
- Arabic: مُتَسَوِّقَة (mutasawwiqa) — a person who shops
- Bulgarian: купувач (kupuvač) — a person who shops
- Catalan: comprador — a person who shops
- Chinese Mandarin: 購買者 /购买者 (gòumǎizhě) — a person who shops
- Chinese Mandarin: 購物者 /购物者 (gòuwùzhě) — a person who shops
- French: acheteur — a person who shops
- French: acheteuse — a person who shops
- French: client — a person who shops
- French: cliente — a person who shops
- German: Käufer — a person who shops
- German: Käuferin — a person who shops
- Japanese: 買い物客 (kaimonokyaku) — a person who shops
- Marathi: ग्राहक (grāhak) — a person who shops
- Polish: klient — a person who shops
- Russian: покупа́тель (pokupátelʹ) — a person who shops
- Russian: покупа́тельница (pokupátelʹnica) — a person who shops
- Spanish: comprador — a person who shops
- Spanish: compradora — a person who shops