surfing

English

Etymology

From the verb surf + -ing.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɝfɪŋ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)fɪŋ

Verb

surfing

  1. present participle and gerund of surf

Noun

surfing (usually uncountable, plural surfings)

  1. The pastime or sport of riding surf on a surfboard.
  2. The activity of browsing the Internet.
    • 2003, Don Yoder, Groundhog Day, page v:
      To J. M. Duffin, former student and now assistant archivist at the University of Pennsylvania, thanks for courteous surfings of the Internet for missing dates, publishers, and other embarrassing gaps in my text.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Japanese: サーフィン

Translations

Further reading

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English surfing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛr.fiŋk/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛrfiŋk
  • Syllabification: sur‧fing

Noun

surfing m inan

  1. (surfing) surfing (sport)

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
  • surfingowy
verb
  • surfingować impf
nouns
verb
  • surfować impf

Further reading

  • surfing in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • surfing in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English surfing.

Noun

surfing n (uncountable)

  1. surfing

Declension

Spanish

Noun

surfing m (uncountable)

  1. surfing

Swedish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English surfing.

Noun

surfing c

  1. surfing
    Synonym: surfning

Declension

Declension of surfing 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative surfing surfingen
Genitive surfings surfingens
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