windsurfing

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Windsurfing

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Noun

windsurfing (uncountable)

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.

Synonyms

• boardsailing

Derived terms

• windsurfer

Translations

a marine sport

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 風帆衝浪 (cmn), 风帆冲浪 (cmn) (fēngfān chōnglàng)

• French: planche à voile (fr) f
• German: Windsurfen (de) n
• Hungarian: széllovaglás (hu)

• Japanese: ウィンドサーフィン (ja) (windosāfin)
• Polish: windsurfing (pl) m
• Romanian: plutire cu velă (ro) f
• Russian: виндсёрфинг (ru) (vindsjórfing) m
• Spanish: windsurf (es) m

Verb

windsurfing

1. Present participle of windsurf.