surfing

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English

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Etymology

From the verb surf + -ing.

Pronunciation

Verb

surfing

  1. present participle and gerund of surf

Noun

surfing (usually uncountable, plural surfings)

  2. The pastime or sport of riding surf on a surfboard.
  4. (Internet) The activity of browsing the Internet.
    • 2003, Don Yoder, Groundhog Day, page v:
      To J. M. Duffin, former student and now assistant archivist at the University of Pennsylvania, thanks for courteous surfings of the Internet for missing dates, publishers, and other embarrassing gaps in my text.

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Descendants

  • → Japanese: サーフィン (sāfin)
  • → Korean: 서핑 (seoping)

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Further reading

Polish

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English surfing.

Pronunciation

Noun

surfing m inan

  1. (surfing) surfing (sport)

Declension

Declension of surfing
singular
nominative surfing
genitive surfingu
dative surfingowi
accusative surfing
instrumental surfingiem
locative surfingu
vocative surfingu

Derived terms

adjective
verb
nouns
verb

Further reading

  • surfing in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • surfing in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English surfing.

Noun

surfing n (uncountable)

  1. surfing

Declension

singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative surfing surfingul
genitive-dative surfing surfingului
vocative surfingule

Spanish

Noun

surfing m (uncountable)

  1. surfing

Swedish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English surfing.

Noun

surfing c

  1. surfing
    Synonym: surfning

Declension

Declension of surfing
nominative genitive
singular indefinite surfing surfings
definite surfingen surfingens
plural indefinite — —
definite — —
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