shipment C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes US /ˈʃɪpmənt/ UK /ˈʃɪpmənt/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a quantity of goods shipped, or the act of shipping them The shipment of spare parts arrived two days late. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a quantity of goods... consignmentcargoloaddeliveryfreightdispatch Word family Related forms shipshippingshipper Etymology AI details From ship (verb) plus the French-derived suffix -ment; ship is from Old English scip ('ship'), from Proto-Germanic *skipą. scip Old English *skipą Proto-Germanic View etymology graph -> Topics Actions & Processes Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # shipment **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈʃɪpmənt/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈʃɪpmənt/ ## Meanings 1. a quantity of goods shipped, or the act of shipping them ## Examples - The shipment of spare parts arrived two days late. ## Synonyms - consignment - cargo - load - delivery - freight - dispatch ## Related Forms - ship - shipping - shipper ## Roots and Affixes - Root: scip - Root: *skipą ## Etymology From ship (verb) plus the French-derived suffix -ment; ship is from Old English scip ('ship'), from Proto-Germanic *skipą. ## AI Etymology Shipment comes from ship (verb) plus the French-derived suffix -ment; ship is from Old English scip ('ship'), from Proto-Germanic *skipą. The historical chain includes Old English scip and Proto-Germanic *skipą. The quoted older sense, "ship," supplies the immediate semantic anchor for shipment. The formation is best read as suffixal and borrowed: the word shipment carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a noun, "a quantity of goods shipped, or the act of shipping them". Related English forms include ship, shipping, and shipper. The result is a noun whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization. ## Topics - Actions & Processes - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown