surfer
See also: Surfer
English
Etymology
surf + -er.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)fə(ɹ)
Audio (RP) (file)
Noun
surfer (plural surfers)
- A person who rides a surfboard.
- A person who surfs the Internet.
- (obsolete) A duck, the surf scoter (Melanitta perspicillata).
Synonyms
- surf rider (obsolete)
Derived terms
- silver surfer
- surfie
Descendants
- → Japanese: サーファー
Translations
person who rides a surfboard
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person who surfs the Internet
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surf scoter — see surf scoter
French
Etymology
From English surf + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sœʁ.fe/
Audio (file)
Verb
surfer
- to surf (on a wave)
- to surf (to browse the internet)
Conjugation
Conjugation of surfer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | surfer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | surfant /syʁ.fɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | surfé /syʁ.fe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | surfe /syʁf/ | surfes /syʁf/ | surfe /syʁf/ | surfons /syʁ.fɔ̃/ | surfez /syʁ.fe/ | surfent /syʁf/ |
imperfect | surfais /syʁ.fɛ/ | surfais /syʁ.fɛ/ | surfait /syʁ.fɛ/ | surfions /syʁ.fjɔ̃/ | surfiez /syʁ.fje/ | surfaient /syʁ.fɛ/ | |
past historic2 | surfai /syʁ.fe/ | surfas /syʁ.fa/ | surfa /syʁ.fa/ | surfâmes /syʁ.fam/ | surfâtes /syʁ.fat/ | surfèrent /syʁ.fɛʁ/ | |
future | surferai /syʁ.fə.ʁe/ | surferas /syʁ.fə.ʁa/ | surfera /syʁ.fə.ʁa/ | surferons /syʁ.fə.ʁɔ̃/ | surferez /syʁ.fə.ʁe/ | surferont /syʁ.fə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | surferais /syʁ.fə.ʁɛ/ | surferais /syʁ.fə.ʁɛ/ | surferait /syʁ.fə.ʁɛ/ | surferions /syʁ.fə.ʁjɔ̃/ | surferiez /syʁ.fə.ʁje/ | surferaient /syʁ.fə.ʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | surfe /syʁf/ | surfes /syʁf/ | surfe /syʁf/ | surfions /syʁ.fjɔ̃/ | surfiez /syʁ.fje/ | surfent /syʁf/ |
imperfect2 | surfasse /syʁ.fas/ | surfasses /syʁ.fas/ | surfât /syʁ.fa/ | surfassions /syʁ.fa.sjɔ̃/ | surfassiez /syʁ.fa.sje/ | surfassent /syʁ.fas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | surfe /syʁf/ | — | surfons /syʁ.fɔ̃/ | surfez /syʁ.fe/ | — | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Related terms
- surf
- surfeur
Further reading
- “surfer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English surfer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɛr.fɛr/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛrfɛr
- Syllabification: sur‧fer
Noun
surfer m pers (feminine surferka)
- (surfing) surfer (person who rides a surfboard)
Declension
Declension of surfer
singular | plural | |
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nominative | surfer | surferzy |
genitive | surfera | surferów |
dative | surferowi | surferom |
accusative | surfera | surferów |
instrumental | surferem | surferami |
locative | surferze | surferach |
vocative | surferze | surferzy |
Related terms
adjective
- surfingowy
noun
- surfing
verbs
- surfingować impf
- surfować impf
Further reading
- surfer in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- surfer in Polish dictionaries at PWN