windsurf

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/ˈwɪndsɜː(ɹ)f/

verb

To ride a surfboard that has an attached sail

“Stella spent the morning windsurfing in the sea.”

UncommonScrabble 15

Meanings

verbwindsurf (third-person singular simple present windsurfs, present participle windsurfing, simple past and past participle windsurfed)

present singular third person windsurfs · participle present windsurfing · participle past windsurfed · past windsurfed

  1. intransitiveTo ride a surfboard that has an attached sail

    Stella spent the morning windsurfing in the sea.

nounwindsurf (plural windsurfs)

plural windsurfs

  1. An act of windsurfing.

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂weh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂wḗh₁ti
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂wéh₁n̥ts
  4. Proto-Germanic*windaz
  5. Proto-West Germanic*wind
  6. Old Englishwind
  7. Middle Englishwynd
  8. Englishwind
  9. Middle Englishsuffe?
  10. Englishsuff?
  11. Englishsurf
  12. Englishwindsurf

From wind + surf.

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Translations

Dutch windsurfen
  • windsurfenride a surfboard with a sail
Finnish purjelautailla
  • purjelautaillaride a surfboard with a sail
French faire de la planche à voile
  • faire de la planche à voileride a surfboard with a sail
German windsurfen
  • windsurfenride a surfboard with a sail
Māori mirihau
  • mirihauride a surfboard with a sail
Spanish hacer windsurf, windsurfear
  • hacer windsurfride a surfboard with a sail
  • windsurfearride a surfboard with a sail
Swedish vindsurfa
  • vindsurfaride a surfboard with a sail
Turkish rüzgar sörfü
  • rüzgar sörfüride a surfboard with a sail
Welsh bordhwylio
  • bordhwylioride a surfboard with a sail
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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “windsurf,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/windsurf.

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