surfing
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.
- (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.
Synonyms
- surf riding (obsolete)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
Translations
sport
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internet
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Further reading
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English surfing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɛr.fiŋk/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛrfiŋk
- Syllabification: sur‧fing
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
- surfingowy
verb
- surfingować impf
Related terms
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
| singular only | indefinite | definite |
|---|---|---|
| nominative-accusative | surfing | surfingul |
| genitive-dative | surfing | surfingului |
| vocative | surfingule | |
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English surfing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsoɾfin/ [ˈsoɾ.fĩn]
- Rhymes: -oɾfin
- IPA(key): /ˈsuɾfin/ [ˈsuɾ.fĩn]
- Rhymes: -uɾfin
- IPA(key): /ˈseɾfin/ [ˈseɾ.fĩn]
- Rhymes: -eɾfin
- IPA(key): /suɾˈfinɡ/ [suɾˈfĩŋɡ]
- Rhymes: -inɡ
- Syllabification: sur‧fing
Noun
surfing 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.
Related terms
Further reading
- Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “surfing”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]
Swedish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English surfing.
Noun
surfing c
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | surfing | surfings |
| definite | surfingen | surfingens | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |