windsurfer

See also: Windsurfer

English

A windsurfer on a board

Etymology

From wind +‎ surfer or windsurf +‎ -er.

Noun

windsurfer (plural windsurfers)

1. A person who windsurfs.

Translations

a person who windsurfs

• Bulgarian: уиндсърфи́ст m (uindsărfíst)
• Finnish: purjelautailija
• German: Windsurfer (de) m, Windsurferin (de) f
• Italian: windsurfer m or f, surfista (it) m, windsurfista m
• Māori: kaimirihau
• Polish: windsurfer (pl) m, windsurferka (pl) f, windsurfingowiec (pl) m
• Spanish: windsurfista (es) m or f, windsurfero m
• Swedish: vindsurfare (sv) c
• Welsh: bordhwyliwr m

Polish

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-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English surfer

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English wind

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English surf

English windsurf

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English -er

English windsurferubor.

Polish windsurfer

Unadapted borrowing from English windsurfer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wintˈsɛr.fɛr/

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• Rhymes: -ɛrfɛr
• Syllabification: wind‧sur‧fer

Noun

windsurfer m pers (female equivalent windsurferka)

1. (sailing, surfing) windsurfer

Declension

Declension of windsurfer

	singular	plural
nominative	windsurfer	windsurferzy/windsurfery (deprecative)
genitive	windsurfera	windsurferów
dative	windsurferowi	windsurferom
accusative	windsurfera	windsurferów
instrumental	windsurferem	windsurferami
locative	windsurferze	windsurferach
vocative	windsurferze	windsurferzy

Related terms

adjective

• windsurfingowy

noun

• windsurfing

Further reading

• “windsurfer”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “windsurfer”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)