surfboard

English

Etymology

From surf +‎ board.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɜːfˌbɔːd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɝfˌbɔɹd/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

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surfboard

Wikipedia

surfboard (plural surfboards)

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

   Two sharks attacked the surfboard.

Related terms

• funboard
• jetboard
• longboard
• shortboard
• soft surfboard
• surf
• surfer
• surfing
• wakeboard

Descendants

• → Afrikaans: branderplank (calque)
• → Dutch: surfboard
• → Irish: clár toinne (calque), tonnchlár (calque)
• → Japanese: サーフボード (sāfubōdo)
• → Korean: 서프보드 (seopeubodeu)

Translations

a shaped waterproof plank used to surf on waves

Afrikaans: branderplank Catalan: planxa de surf f Chinese: Mandarin: 衝浪板 / 冲浪板 (zh) (chōnglàngbǎn) Cornish: astell tonnow f Czech: surfovací prkno n Dutch: surfplank (nl) Finnish: lainelauta (fi), surffilauta (fi) French: planche de surf (fr) f Galician: táboa de surf (gl) German: Surfbrett (de) n, Wellenreiterbrett n Hawaiian: papa heʻe nalu Hungarian: szörfdeszka (hu) Irish: clár toinne m, tonnchlár m Italian: tavola per surfing f, tavola da surf f Japanese: サーフボード (ja) (sāfubōdo) Korean: 서프보드 (seopeubodeu) Manx: claare tonn Maori: kōpapa, papaheke Polish: deska surfingowa (pl) f Portuguese: prancha (pt) f Romanian: surf (ro) n Russian: доска́ для сёрфинга f (doská dlja sjórfinga) Samoan: laupapa fa'ase'e Spanish: tabla de surf f, tabla hawaiana f Swedish: surfbräda (sv) c, surfbräde n (dated) Thai: กระดานโต้คลื่น (th) (grà-daan-dtôo-klʉ̂ʉn) Tongan: papa fānifo Turkish: sörf (tr) Vietnamese: ván lướt sóng Welsh: bwrdd syrddio m, astell feiston f

See also

• fish
• foamie
• gun

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.

Dutch

Alternative forms

• surfbord

Etymology

Borrowed from English surfboard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʏrf.bɔrt/, /ˈsʏrf.boːrt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: surf‧board

Noun

surfboard n (plural surfboards)

1. surfboard