Phrase guide

shopping centre

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A large retail outlet consisting of several shops.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, UK

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mall, shopping mall

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a good plaza should have a movie house
  • they spent their weekends at the local malls

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: plaza, mall, center, shopping mall, shopping center

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mercantile establishment, retail store, sales outlet, outlet

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

128 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: winkelsentrum — large retail outlet
  • Albanian: qendër tregtare — large retail outlet
  • Arabic: مَرْكَز تَسَوُّق (markaz tasawwuq) — large retail outlet
  • Arabic: مَرْكَز تِجَارِيّ (markaz tijāriyy) — large retail outlet
  • Arabic: مُجَمَّع (mujammaʕ) — large retail outlet
  • Arabic: مُجَمَّع تِجَارِيّ (mujammaʕ tijāriyy) — large retail outlet
  • Arabic: مُول (mōl) — large retail outlet
  • Arabic: مجمع (mujammaʕ) — large retail outlet
  • Arabic: مول (mōl) — large retail outlet
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܸܢܛܪܘܿܢ ܫܘܼܩܵܝܵܐ (qinṭrōn šuqqāyā) — large retail outlet
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܸܢܛܪܘܿܢ ܬܹܐܓ݂ܘܼܪܬܵܢܵܝܵܐ (qinṭrōn tēḡurtānāyā) — large retail outlet
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܹܝܬ ܬܹܐܓ݂ܘܼܪܬܵܐ (bēt tēḡurtā) — large retail outlet
  • Armenian: առեւտրի կենտրոն (aṙewtri kentron) — large retail outlet
  • Azerbaijani: ticarət mərkəzi — large retail outlet
  • Azerbaijani: alış-veriş mərkəzi — large retail outlet
  • Basque: merkataritza-gune — large retail outlet
  • Basque: saltoki-gune — large retail outlet
  • Belarusian: гандлёвы цэнтр (handljóvy centr) — large retail outlet
  • Belarusian: гандлёвы цэнтар (handljóvy centar) — large retail outlet
  • Bengali: বিপণি কেন্দ্র (biponi kendro) — large retail outlet
  • Bengali: শপিং সেন্টার (śopiṅ śenṭar) — large retail outlet
  • Bulgarian: търго́вски це́нтър (tǎrgóvski céntǎr) — large retail outlet
  • Burmese: ဈေးဝယ်စင်တာ (jhe:waicangta) — large retail outlet
  • Burmese: ရှော့ပင်းစင်တာ (hrau.pang:cangta) — large retail outlet
  • Catalan: centre comercial — large retail outlet
  • Chinese Cantonese: 商場 /商场 (soeng1 coeng4) — large retail outlet
  • Chinese Mandarin: 購物中心 /购物中心 (gòuwù zhòngxīn) — large retail outlet
  • Chinese Mandarin: 商場 /商场 (shāngchǎng) — large retail outlet
  • Chinese Mandarin: 購物城 /购物城 (gòuwùchéng) — large retail outlet
  • Cornish: kresen brenassa — large retail outlet
  • Czech: obchodní centrum — large retail outlet
  • Czech: nákupní středisko — large retail outlet
  • Danish: butikscenter — large retail outlet
  • Danish: indkøbscenter — large retail outlet
  • Danish: storcenter — large retail outlet
  • Dutch: winkelcentrum — large retail outlet
  • Esperanto: vendejaro — large retail outlet
  • Esperanto: butikumcentro — large retail outlet
  • Estonian: kaubanduskeskus — large retail outlet
  • Faroese: sølumiðstøð — large retail outlet
  • Finnish: ostoskeskus — large retail outlet
  • French: centre commercial — large retail outlet
  • French: centre d'achats — large retail outlet
  • Galician: centro comercial — large retail outlet
  • Georgian: სავაჭრო ცენტრი (savač̣ro cenṭri) — large retail outlet
  • German: Einkaufszentrum — large retail outlet
  • Greek: εμπορικό κέντρο (emporikó kéntro) — large retail outlet
  • Haitian Creole: sant komèsyal — large retail outlet
  • Hebrew: קַנְיוֹן (kanyon) — large retail outlet
  • Hebrew: מֶרְכַּז קְנִיּוֹת (merkáz kniyót) — large retail outlet
  • Hindi: शॉपिंग सेंटर (śŏpiṅg sẽṭar) — large retail outlet
  • Hindi: शॉपिंग मॉल (śŏpiṅg mŏl) — large retail outlet
  • Hungarian: üzletközpont — large retail outlet
  • Hungarian: bevásárlóközpont — large retail outlet
  • Hungarian: pláza — large retail outlet
  • Icelandic: verslunarmiðstöð — large retail outlet
  • Indonesian: pusat perbelanjaan — large retail outlet
  • Irish: ionad siopadóireachta — large retail outlet
  • Italian: centro commerciale — large retail outlet
  • Japanese: ショッピングセンター (shoppingu sentā) — large retail outlet
  • Japanese: ショッピングモール (shoppingu mōru) — large retail outlet
  • Japanese: モール (mōru) — large retail outlet
  • Kazakh: сауда орталығы (sauda ortalyğy) — large retail outlet
  • Khmer: ផ្សារទំនើប (phsaa tumnəəp) — large retail outlet
  • Korean: 쇼핑 센터 (syoping senteo) — large retail outlet
  • Korean: 쇼핑몰 (syopingmol) — large retail outlet
  • Kyrgyz: соода борбору (sooda borboru) — large retail outlet
  • Lao: ສູນການຄ້າ (sūn kān khā) — large retail outlet
  • Latin: emporium — large retail outlet
  • Latvian: iepirkumu centrs — large retail outlet
  • Lithuanian: prekybos centras — large retail outlet
  • Macedonian: тр́говски це́нтар (tŕgovski céntar) — large retail outlet
  • Malay: pusat beli-belah — large retail outlet
  • Malay: medan beli-belah — large retail outlet
  • Manx: ynnyd-shappal — large retail outlet
  • Mongolian: худалдааны төв (xudaldaany töv) — large retail outlet
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kjøpesenter — large retail outlet
  • Norwegian Bokmål: butikksenter — large retail outlet
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kjøpesenter — large retail outlet
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: butikksenter — large retail outlet
  • Pannonian Rusyn: тарґовински центер — large retail outlet
  • Iranian Persian: مَرْکَزِ خَرید (markaz-e xarid) — large retail outlet
  • Polish: centrum handlowe — large retail outlet
  • Polish: galeria handlowa — large retail outlet
  • Portuguese: centro comercial — large retail outlet
  • Romanian: centru comercial — large retail outlet
  • Romanian: centru de cumpărături — large retail outlet
  • Russian: торго́вый центр (torgóvyj centr) — large retail outlet
  • Russian: молл (moll) — large retail outlet
  • Russian: торгце́нтр (torgcéntr) — large retail outlet
  • Scottish Gaelic: ionad-bhùthan — large retail outlet
  • Scottish Gaelic: ionad-seopadaireachd — large retail outlet
  • Serbo-Croatian: трговачки центар — large retail outlet
  • Serbo-Croatian: продајни центар — large retail outlet
  • Serbo-Croatian: trgovački centar — large retail outlet
  • Serbo-Croatian: prodajni centar — large retail outlet
  • Slovak: nákupné stredisko — large retail outlet
  • Slovak: nákupné centrum — large retail outlet
  • Slovak: obchodné centrum — large retail outlet
  • Slovene: nakupovalno središče — large retail outlet
  • Slovene: nakupovalni center — large retail outlet
  • Slovene: trgovski center — large retail outlet
  • Spanish: centro comercial — large retail outlet
  • Spanish: shopping — large retail outlet
  • Spanish: shopping center — large retail outlet
  • Swahili: duka la manunuzi — large retail outlet
  • Swedish: köpcenter — large retail outlet
  • Swedish: affärscenter — large retail outlet
  • Swedish: galleria — large retail outlet
  • Swedish: köpcentrum — large retail outlet
  • Tajik: маркази савдо (markaz-i savdo) — large retail outlet
  • Tajik: маркази тиҷоратӣ (markaz-i tijorati) — large retail outlet
  • Thai: ศูนย์การค้า (sǔun-gaan-káa) — large retail outlet
  • Thai: ห้างสรรพสินค้า (hâang-sàp-pá-sǐn-káa) — large retail outlet
  • Turkish: alışveriş merkezi — large retail outlet
  • Turkmen: söwda merkezi — large retail outlet
  • Ukrainian: торго́вий центр (torhóvyj centr) — large retail outlet
  • Urdu: شاپِن٘گ مال (śāpiṅg māl) — large retail outlet
  • Urdu: مَرْکَزِ خَرِیداری (markaz-i xarīdārī) — large retail outlet
  • Urdu: شاپِن٘گ سِنْٹَر (śāpiṅg sinṭar) — large retail outlet
  • Urdu: شاپِن٘گ سینْٹَر (śāpiṅg senṭar) — large retail outlet
  • Uyghur: مال سېتىۋېلىش مەركىزى (mal sëtiwëlish merkizi) — large retail outlet
  • Uzbek: savdo markazi — large retail outlet
  • Vietnamese: trung tâm mua sắm — large retail outlet
  • Vietnamese: trung tâm thương mại — large retail outlet
  • Welsh: canolfan siopa — large retail outlet
  • West Frisian: winkelsintrum — large retail outlet
  • Yakut: эргиэн киинэ (ergien kiine) — large retail outlet