rafting
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English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹɑːftɪŋ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹæftɪŋ/
Verb
rafting
- present participle and gerund of raft
Noun
rafting (uncountable)
- The sport of guiding a raft while descending a river, especially through rapids known as white water rafting.
Derived terms
Translations
sport
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Anagrams
French
Etymology
From English.
Pronunciation
Noun
rafting m (uncountable)
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English rafting.
Pronunciation
Noun
rafting m (uncountable)
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
- “rafting”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014