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windsurfing

noun · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A marine sport in which one stands on a floating board (typically 2 - 3 meters in length) to which a sail is attached. The board is steered by tilting the sail or banking the board. Some windsurfers use large waves to perform jumps and other stunts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: boardsailing

Antonyms: none provided

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verb

Meaning 2

present participle and gerund of windsurf

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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 Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English surfing English windsurfing From wind + surfing.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: уѝндсъ́рфинг (uìndsǎ́rfing) — a marine sport
  • Chinese Mandarin: 風帆衝浪 /风帆冲浪 (fēngfān chōnglàng) — a marine sport
  • Chinese Mandarin: 滑浪風帆 /滑浪风帆 (huálàngfēngfān) — a marine sport
  • Chinese Mandarin: 帆板 (fānbǎn) — a marine sport
  • Czech: windsurfing — a marine sport
  • Finnish: purjelautailu — a marine sport
  • French: planche à voile — a marine sport
  • French: windsurf — a marine sport
  • German: Windsurfen — a marine sport
  • German: Windsurfing — a marine sport
  • Greek: ιστιοσανίδα (istiosanída) — a marine sport
  • Hungarian: széllovaglás — a marine sport
  • Japanese: ウィンドサーフィン (windosāfin) — a marine sport
  • Polish: windsurfing — a marine sport
  • Polish: serfowanie — a marine sport
  • Romanian: plutire cu velă — a marine sport
  • Russian: виндсёрфинг (vindsjórfing) — a marine sport
  • Scottish Gaelic: surfadh-gaoithe — a marine sport
  • Spanish: windsurf — a marine sport
  • Spanish: windsurfing — a marine sport
  • Swedish: vindsurfning — a marine sport
  • Swedish: brädsegling — a marine sport
  • Welsh: bordhwylio — a marine sport