noun
Meaning 1
An act of windsurfing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
windsurf
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Pronunciation
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/ˈwɪndsɜː(ɹ)f/
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verb
Meaning 2
To ride a surfboard that has an attached sail
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- Stella spent the morning windsurfing in the sea.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
ride standing on a surfboard with an attached sail, on water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- You cannot windsurf when the air is completely still
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: surfboard, surf
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2weh1- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *h2wḗh1ti Proto-Indo-European *h2wéh1n̥ts Proto-Germanic *windaz Proto-West Germanic *wind Old English wind Middle English wynd English wind Middle English suffe? English suff? English surf English windsurf From wind + surf.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Cornish: astelwolya — ride a surfboard with a sail
- Dutch: windsurfen — ride a surfboard with a sail
- Finnish: purjelautailla — ride a surfboard with a sail
- French: faire de la planche à voile — ride a surfboard with a sail
- German: windsurfen — ride a surfboard with a sail
- Māori: mirihau — ride a surfboard with a sail
- Spanish: hacer windsurf — ride a surfboard with a sail
- Spanish: windsurfear — ride a surfboard with a sail
- Swedish: vindsurfa — ride a surfboard with a sail
- Turkish: rüzgar sörfü — ride a surfboard with a sail
- Welsh: bordhwylio — ride a surfboard with a sail