surfing
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɝfɪŋ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)fɪŋ
Verb
surfing
- present participle and gerund of surf
Noun
surfing (usually uncountable, plural surfings)
- The pastime or sport of riding surf on a surfboard.
- 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.
Synonyms
- surf riding (obsolete)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Japanese: サーフィン
Translations
sport
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Further reading
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English surfing.
Pronunciation
Noun
surfing m inan
Declension
Declension of surfing
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | surfing |
| genitive | surfingu |
| dative | surfingowi |
| accusative | surfing |
| instrumental | surfingiem |
| locative | surfingu |
| vocative | surfingu |
Derived terms
adjective
verb
- surfingować impf
Related terms
nouns
verb
- surfować impf
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)
Declension
declension of surfing (singular only)
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
| nominative/accusative | (un) surfing | surfingul |
| genitive/dative | (unui) surfing | surfingului |
| vocative | surfingule | |
Spanish
Noun
surfing m (uncountable)
Swedish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English surfing.
Noun
surfing c
Declension
| Declension of surfing | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | surfing | surfingen | — | — |
| Genitive | surfings | surfingens | — | — |