windsurf

windsurf

English

Etymology

wind +‎ surf

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɪndsɜː(ɹ)f/

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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.

Related terms

• windsurfer

Translations

ride a surfboard with a sail

Cornish: astelwolya Finnish: purjelautailla French: faire de la planche à voile German: windsurfen (de) Spanish: hacer windsurf, windsurfear Turkish: rüzgar sörfü (tr) Welsh: bordhwylio

Noun

windsurf (plural windsurfs)

1. An act of windsurfing

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French

Noun

windsurf m (uncountable)

1. windsurfing

   Synonym: planche à voile

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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)

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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.

Further reading

• “windsurf”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014