different between surfing vs surfer

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?f??/
• Rhymes: -??(r)f??

Verb

surfing

1. present participle of surf

Noun

surfing (usually uncountable, plural surfings)

1. The pastime or sport of riding surf on a surfboard.
2. The activity of browsing the Internet.
   • 2003, Don Yoder, Groundhog Day (page v)

     To J. M. Duffin, former student and now assistant archivist at the University of Pennsylvania, thanks for courteous surfings of the Internet for missing dates, publishers, and other embarrassing gaps in my text.

Synonyms

• surf riding (obsolete)

Derived terms

Related terms

• surf
• surfboard
• surfer

Translations

Further reading

• surfing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Polish

Etymology

From English surfing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?r.f?ink/

Noun

surfing m inan

1. surfing (sport)

Declension

Derived terms

• (verb) surfingowa?
• (adjective) surfingowy

Related terms

• (verb) surfowa?
• (nouns) surfer, surferka

Further reading

• surfing in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• surfing in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Noun

surfing m (uncountable)

1. surfing

English

Etymology

surf +? -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(r)f?(r)

Noun

surfer (plural surfers)

1. A person who rides a surfboard.
2. A person who surfs the Internet.
3. (obsolete) A duck, the surf scoter (Melanitta perspicillata).

Synonyms

• surf rider (obsolete)

Derived terms

• silver surfer
• surfie

Translations

French

Etymology

From English surf + -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sœ?.fe/

Verb

surfer

1. to surf (on a wave)
2. to surf (to browse the internet)

Conjugation

Related terms

• surf
• surfeur

Further reading

• “surfer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Polish

Etymology

From English surfer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?.rf?r/

Noun

surfer m pers (feminine surferka)

1. surfer (person who rides a surfboard)

Declension

Related terms

• (verbs) surfowa?, surfingowa?
• (noun) surfing
• (adjective) surfingowy

Further reading

• surfer in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• surfer in Polish dictionaries at PWN