different between windsurfing vs sailing

English

Etymology

wind +? surfing

Pronunciation

Noun

windsurfing (uncountable)

1. 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.

Synonyms

• boardsailing

Derived terms

• windsurfer

Translations

Verb

windsurfing

1. present participle of windsurf

Czech

Noun

windsurfing m

1. windsurfing

Further reading

• windsurfing in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Polish

Etymology

From English windsurfing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /win?ts?r.f?ink/

Noun

windsurfing m inan

1. windsurfing

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) windsurfingowy

Related terms

• (nouns) windsurfer, windsurferka

Further reading

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

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?se?.l??/
• Rhymes: -e?l??

Etymology 1

Verb

sailing

1. present participle of sail

Etymology 2

From Middle English saylinge, seilinge, variants of sailende, seilende; equivalent to sail +? -ing.

Adjective

sailing (not comparable)

1. Travelling by ship.

Derived terms

• sailing boat
• sailing ship
• sailing dinghy
• sailing vessel

Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English sailyng, seyling; equivalent to sail +? -ing.

Noun

sailing (countable and uncountable, plural sailings)

1. Motion across a body of water in a craft powered by the wind, as a sport or otherwise
2. Navigation; the skill needed to operate and navigate a vessel
3. the time of departure from a port
4. (countable) a scheduled voyage by a ferry or ship.

Derived terms

• clear sailing
• plain sailing

Translations

References

• “sailing”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• Gilanis, ailings, aisling, nilgais