windsurf

English

Etymology

wind + surf

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwɪndsɜː(ɹ)f/
  • (file)

Verb

windsurf (third-person singular simple present windsurfs, present participle windsurfing, simple past and past participle windsurfed)

  1. To ride a surfboard that has an attached sail
    Stella spent the morning windsurfing in the sea.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

windsurf (plural windsurfs)

  1. An act of windsurfing

French

Noun

windsurf m (uncountable)

  1. windsurfing
    Synonym: planche à voile

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English windsurf.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌwindˈsɛrf/, /ˌwindˈsørf/, /ˈwind.serf/, /ˈwind.sørf/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɛrf, -indserf, -indsørf
  • Hyphenation: wìnd‧surf

Noun

windsurf m

  1. windsurfer
  2. a surfboard that has an attached sail
  3. (sports) windsurfing

References

  1. windsurf in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English windsurf.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwinsuɾf/ [ˈwĩn.suɾf], /ˈwinsoɾf/ [ˈwĩn.soɾf]
  • Rhymes: -insuɾf, -insoɾf

Noun

windsurf m (uncountable)

  1. windsurfing
    Synonym: tablavela

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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