surfing

English

Etymology

    From surf +‎ -ing

    Pronunciation

    • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɝfɪŋ/
    • Audio (US):(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)fɪŋ

    Verb

    surfing

    1. present participle and gerund of surf

    Noun

    surfing (usually uncountable, plural surfings)

    1. The pastime or sport of riding surf on a surfboard.
    2. (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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    Polish

    Etymology

    Unadapted borrowing from English surfing.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈsɛr.fiŋk/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɛrfiŋk
    • Syllabification: sur‧fing

    Noun

    surfing m inan

    1. (surfing) surfing (sport)

    Declension

    Derived terms

    adjective
    • surfingowy
    verb
    • surfingować impf
    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)

    1. surfing

    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)

    1. surfing
      Synonyms: surf, surfismo

    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.

    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

    1. surfing
      Synonym: surfning

    Declension

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