windsurf
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwɪndsɜː(ɹ)f/
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Verb
windsurf (third-person singular simple present windsurfs, present participle windsurfing, simple past and past participle windsurfed)
- (intransitive) To ride a surfboard that has an attached sail
- Stella spent the morning windsurfing in the sea.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
ride a surfboard with a sail
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Noun
windsurf (plural windsurfs)
- An act of windsurfing.
French
Noun
windsurf m (uncountable)
- windsurfing
- Synonym: planche à voile
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English windsurf.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌwindˈsɛrf/, /ˌwindˈsørf/, /ˈwind.serf/, /ˈwind.sørf/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɛrf, -indserf, -indsørf
- Hyphenation: wìnd‧surf
Noun
windsurf m
- windsurfer
- a surfboard that has an attached sail
- (sports) windsurfing
References
- ^ windsurf in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Spanish
Alternative forms
- wind surf
- wíndsurf
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English windsurf.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈw̝indseɾf/ [ˈw̝ĩn̪d̪.seɾf], /ˈwindseɾf/ [ˈwĩn̪d̪.seɾf]
- Rhymes: -indseɾf
- IPA(key): /ˈw̝indsoɾf/ [ˈw̝ĩn̪d̪.soɾf], /ˈwindsoɾf/ [ˈwĩn̪d̪.soɾf]
- Rhymes: -indsoɾf
- IPA(key): /ˈw̝indsuɾf/ [ˈw̝ĩn̪d̪.suɾf], /w̝indˈsuɾf/ [w̝ĩn̪d̪ˈsuɾf]
- Rhymes: -indsuɾf, -uɾf
- Syllabification: wind‧surf
Noun
windsurf m (uncountable)
- windsurfing
- Synonyms: tablavela, windsurfing, wind surfing
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.
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Further reading
- “windsurf”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
- windsurf, wind surf | Diccionario del estudiante | RAE
- Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “windsurf”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]