surfer
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɜː(ɹ)fə(ɹ)/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)fə(ɹ)
Audio (Southern England): (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
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
Borrowed from English surf + -er.
Pronunciation
Verb
surfer
Conjugation
Conjugation of surfer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | surfer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “surfer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English surfer.
Pronunciation
Noun
surfer m pers (female equivalent surferka)
Declension
Declension of surfer
Related terms
adjective
noun
verbs
- surfingować impf
- surfować impf