surfboard

English

Etymology

surf + board

Pronunciation

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Noun

Wikipedia surfboard (plural surfboards)

1. A shaped waterproof plank, usually made of wood or foam and reinforced plastic, used to surf on waves.

Related terms

• funboard
• longboard
• shortboard
• surf
• surfer
• surfing

See also

• fish
• gun

Translations

a shaped waterproof plank used to surf on waves

• Catalan: planxa de surf (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 衝浪板 (cmn), 冲浪板 (cmn) (chōnglàngbǎn)

• Dutch: surfplank (nl)
• Finnish: lainelauta (fi), surffilauta (fi)
• French: planche de surf (fr) f
• German: Surfbrett (de) n, Wellenreiterbrett (de) n
• Hungarian: szörfdeszka (hu)
• Irish: clár toinne (ga) m, tonnchlár (ga) m

• Italian: {t|it|tavola per surfing|f}}
• Japanese: サーフボード (ja) (sāfubōdo)
• Portuguese: prancha (pt) f
• Russian: доска для сёрфинга (ru) (doská dlja sjórfinga) f
• Spanish: tabla hawaiana (es) f
• Swedish: surfbräda (sv) n
• Thai: กระดานโต้คลื่น (th) (gràdaan dtôh klêun)
• Turkish: sörf (tr)

Verb

surfboard (third-person singular simple present surfboards, present participle surfboarding, simple past and past participle surfboarded)

1. To use a surfboard; to surf.

Usage notes

• Not preferred by surfers, who would say "surf".
• Might be used to distinguish from body-surfing, riding waves without equipment.