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surfing

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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From the verb surf + -ing.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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surfing

  1. present participle and gerund of surf

Noun

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surfing (usually uncountable, plural surfings)

  1. The pastime or sport of riding surf on a surfboard.
  2. (Internet) The activity of browsing the Internet.
    • 2003, Don Yoder, Groundhog Day, page v:
      To J. M. Duffin, former student and now assistant archivist at the University of Pennsylvania, thanks for courteous surfings of the Internet for missing dates, publishers, and other embarrassing gaps in my text.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Japanese: サーフィン (sāfin)
  • Korean: 서핑 (seoping)

Translations

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Further reading

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English surfing.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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surfing m inan

  1. (surfing) surfing (sport)

Declension

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Derived terms

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adjective
verb
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nouns
verb

Further reading

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  • surfing in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • surfing in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English surfing.

Noun

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surfing n (uncountable)

  1. surfing

Declension

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singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative surfing surfingul
genitive-dative surfing surfingului
vocative surfingule

Spanish

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Noun

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surfing m (uncountable)

  1. surfing

Swedish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English surfing.

Noun

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surfing c

  1. surfing
    Synonym: surfning

Declension

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Declension of surfing
nominative genitive
singular indefinite surfing surfings
definite surfingen surfingens
plural indefinite
definite
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