windsurfing

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noun

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.

Similar
boardsailing
OriginEnglish surfing ← Middle English suffe? ← Old English wind →
Less commonScrabble 19
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Meanings

nounwindsurfing (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA 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

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of windsurf

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA 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.

Similar
boardsailing

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. Englishsurfing
  13. Englishwindsurfing

From wind + surfing.

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Translations

Bulgarian уѝндсъ́рфинг
  • уѝндсъ́рфинг (uìndsắrfing)a marine sport
Chinese Mandarin 風帆衝浪 /风帆冲浪, 滑浪風帆 /滑浪风帆
  • 風帆衝浪 /风帆冲浪 (fēngfān chōnglàng)a marine sport
  • 滑浪風帆 /滑浪风帆 (huálàngfēngfān)a marine sport
  • 帆板 (fānbǎn)a marine sport
Czech windsurfing
  • windsurfinga marine sport
Finnish purjelautailu
  • purjelautailua marine sport
French planche à voile, windsurf
  • planche à voilea marine sport
  • windsurfa marine sport
German Windsurfen, Windsurfing
  • Windsurfena marine sport
  • Windsurfinga marine sport
Greek ιστιοσανίδα
  • ιστιοσανίδα (istiosanída)a marine sport
Hungarian széllovaglás
  • széllovaglása marine sport
Japanese ウィンドサーフィン
  • ウィンドサーフィン (windosāfin)a marine sport
Polish windsurfing, serfowanie
  • windsurfinga marine sport
  • serfowaniea marine sport
Romanian plutire cu velă
  • plutire cu velăa marine sport
Russian виндсёрфинг
  • виндсёрфинг (vindsjórfing)a marine sport
Scottish Gaelic surfadh-gaoithe
  • surfadh-gaoithea marine sport
Spanish windsurf, windsurfing
  • windsurfa marine sport
  • windsurfinga marine sport
Swedish vindsurfning, brädsegling
  • vindsurfninga marine sport
  • brädseglinga marine sport
Welsh bordhwylio
  • bordhwylioa marine sport
Cite this entry
APA

windsurfing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/windsurfing

MLA

“windsurfing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/windsurfing. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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

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