Usage Note
Shopping is an English loanword used in French to mean recreational browsing and buying in shops. The native French alternative is les courses (for grocery shopping) or faire des achats (for purchases in general). Faire du shopping is the standard collocation, and it specifically implies leisure shopping rather than necessity shopping.
Examples
"Elle adore faire du shopping le samedi."
Natural Translation
She loves shopping on Saturdays.
Literal Translation
She loves doing shopping on Saturdays.

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