Meanings
plural sailboards
- A recreational device consisting of a surfboard with a small sail on a flexible mast.
Synonyms: windsurf board
present singular third person sailboards · participle present sailboarding · participle past sailboarded · past sailboarded
- intransitiveTo practice the sport of using a sailboard.
We went sailboarding, but it's just as hard as it looks.
Synonyms: windsurf
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA recreational device consisting of a surfboard with a small sail on a flexible mast.
verbTo practice the sport of using a sailboard.
Origin
- Englishsail
- Proto-Germanic*burdą
- Proto-West Germanic*bord
- Old Englishbord
- Middle Englishbord
- Englishboard
- Englishsailboard
Translations
Bulgarian уиндсърф
- уиндсърф (uindsărf)surfboard with a small sail on a flexible mast
Dutch zeilplank
- zeilplanksurfboard with a small sail on a flexible mast
Finnish purjelauta, purjelautailla
- purjelautasurfboard with a small sail on a flexible mast
- purjelautaillato practice the sport of using a sailboard
French planche à voile
- planche à voilesurfboard with a small sail on a flexible mast
Italian windsurf, tavola a vela
- windsurfsurfboard with a small sail on a flexible mast
- tavola a velasurfboard with a small sail on a flexible mast
- velopattinosurfboard with a small sail on a flexible mast
Polish deska windsurfingowa
- deska windsurfingowasurfboard with a small sail on a flexible mast
Welsh hwylfwrdd, hwylfyrddio
- hwylfwrddsurfboard with a small sail on a flexible mast
- hwylfyrddioto practice the sport of using a sailboard
Cite this entry
sailboard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sailboard
“sailboard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sailboard. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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