surfer

See also: Surfer

English

Etymology

surf +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɜː(ɹ)fə(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)fə(ɹ)
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

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

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Japanese: サーファー

Translations
surf scoter — see surf scoter

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English surf + -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sœʁ.fe/
  • Audio(file)

Verb

surfer

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

Conjugation
Conjugation of surfer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple surfer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple surfant
/syʁ.fɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle surfé
/syʁ.fe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present surfe
/syʁf/		 surfes
/syʁf/		 surfe
/syʁf/		 surfons
/syʁ.fɔ̃/		 surfez
/syʁ.fe/		 surfent
/syʁf/
imperfect surfais
/syʁ.fɛ/		 surfais
/syʁ.fɛ/		 surfait
/syʁ.fɛ/		 surfions
/syʁ.fjɔ̃/		 surfiez
/syʁ.fje/		 surfaient
/syʁ.fɛ/
past historic2 surfai
/syʁ.fe/		 surfas
/syʁ.fa/		 surfa
/syʁ.fa/		 surfâmes
/syʁ.fam/		 surfâtes
/syʁ.fat/		 surfèrent
/syʁ.fɛʁ/
future surferai
/syʁ.fə.ʁe/		 surferas
/syʁ.fə.ʁa/		 surfera
/syʁ.fə.ʁa/		 surferons
/syʁ.fə.ʁɔ̃/		 surferez
/syʁ.fə.ʁe/		 surferont
/syʁ.fə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional surferais
/syʁ.fə.ʁɛ/		 surferais
/syʁ.fə.ʁɛ/		 surferait
/syʁ.fə.ʁɛ/		 surferions
/syʁ.fə.ʁjɔ̃/		 surferiez
/syʁ.fə.ʁje/		 surferaient
/syʁ.fə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present surfe
/syʁf/		 surfes
/syʁf/		 surfe
/syʁf/		 surfions
/syʁ.fjɔ̃/		 surfiez
/syʁ.fje/		 surfent
/syʁf/
imperfect2 surfasse
/syʁ.fas/		 surfasses
/syʁ.fas/		 surfât
/syʁ.fa/		 surfassions
/syʁ.fa.sjɔ̃/		 surfassiez
/syʁ.fa.sje/		 surfassent
/syʁ.fas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — surfe
/syʁf/		 — surfons
/syʁ.fɔ̃/		 surfez
/syʁ.fe/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English surfer.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛr.fɛr/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛrfɛr
  • Syllabification: sur‧fer

Noun

surfer m pers (female equivalent surferka)

  1. (surfing) surfer (person who rides a surfboard)

Declension
Declension of surfer
singular plural
nominative surfer surferzy/surfery (deprecative)
genitive surfera surferów
dative surferowi surferom
accusative surfera surferów
instrumental surferem surferami
locative surferze surferach
vocative surferze surferzy
adjective
  • surfingowy
noun
verbs
  • surfingować impf
  • surfować impf

Further reading
  • surfer in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • surfer in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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