windsurfing

English

Windsurfing

Etymology

wind +‎ surfing

Pronunciation

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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／风帆冲浪, 风帆冲浪 (fēngfān chōnglàng)

• Czech: windsurfing m
• French: planche à voile (fr) f
• German: Windsurfen n
• Greek: ιστιοσανίδα (el) f (istiosanída)
• Hungarian: széllovaglás (hu)
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• Japanese: ウィンドサーフィン (windosāfin)
• Polish: windsurfing (pl) m
• Romanian: plutire cu velă f
• Russian: виндсёрфинг (ru) m (vindsjórfing)
• Spanish: windsurf (es) m
• Swedish: vindsurfning c, brädsegling c
• Welsh: bordhwylio m

Verb

windsurfing

1. present participle of windsurf

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Czech

Noun

1. windsurfing

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