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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.
- 1965, John Bloomfield, Know-how in the Surf, page 28:
- When the surfer has passed the point where the waves are breaking, and is among the waves which are known as “greenbacks”, he may either dive through them or float over them, […]
- 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 141:
- A road that runs due west from Dale passes the village church and Dale Castle, and a footpath continues to Westdale Bay, a sandy beach used by surfers when the westerlies send great rollers crashing in from the Atlantic.
- 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 (sāfā)
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