surfboard

English

Etymology

From surf +‎ board.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɜːfˌbɔːd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɝfˌbɔɹd/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

surfboard (plural surfboards)

1. A shaped waterproof plank, usually made of wood or foam and reinforced plastic, used to surf on waves.

   Two sharks attacked the surfboard.

Related terms

• funboard
• jetboard
• longboard
• shortboard
• soft surfboard
• surf
• surfer
• surfing
• wakeboard

Descendants

• → Japanese: サーフボード

Translations

a shaped waterproof plank used to surf on waves

• Afrikaans: branderplank
• Catalan: planxa de surf f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 衝浪板／冲浪板 (zh) (chōnglàngbǎn)

• Cornish: astell tonnow f
• Czech: surfovací prkno n
• Dutch: surfplank (nl)
• Finnish: lainelauta (fi), surffilauta (fi)
• French: planche de surf (fr) f
• Galician: táboa de surf (gl)
• German: Surfbrett (de) n, Wellenreiterbrett n
• Hawaiian: papa heʻe nalu
• Hungarian: szörfdeszka (hu)
• Irish: clár toinne m, tonnchlár m
• Italian: tavola per surfing f, tavola da surf f
• Japanese: サーフボード (sāfubōdo)
• Korean: 서프보드 (seopeubodeu)
• Manx: claare tonn
• Maori: kōpapa
• Polish: deska surfingowa (pl) f
• Portuguese: prancha (pt) f
• Romanian: surf (ro) n
• Russian: доска́ для сёрфинга f (doská dlja sjórfinga)
• Samoan: laupapa fa'ase'e
• Spanish: tabla de surf f, tabla hawaiana f
• Swedish: surfbräda (sv) c, surfbräde n (dated)
• Thai: กระดานโต้คลื่น (th) (grà-daan-dtôo-klʉ̂ʉn)
• Tongan: papa fānifo
• Turkish: sörf (tr)
• Vietnamese: ván lướt sóng
• Welsh: bwrdd syrddio m, astell feiston f

See also

• fish
• foamie
• gun

Verb

surfboard (third-person singular simple present surfboards, present participle surfboarding, simple past and past participle surfboarded)

1. To use a surfboard; to surf.

Usage notes

• Not preferred by surfers, who would say "surf".
• Might be used to distinguish from body-surfing, riding waves without equipment.

Dutch

Alternative forms

• surfbord

Etymology

Borrowed from English surfboard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʏrf.bɔrt/, /ˈsʏrf.boːrt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: surf‧board

Noun

surfboard n (plural surfboards)

1. surfboard