surf
French, noun/sœʁf/
surf is spelled S-U-R-F (4 letters) and appears 5.0 times per million words in written French, the 11,195th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Surf is a French masculine noun meaning “surfing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sport consistant à glisser sur la mer ou la neige avec une planche”.
What does surf mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesurfing
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sport consistant à glisser sur la mer ou la neige avec une planche. 2. Planche permettant la pratique de ce sport. 3. Genre de musique populaire associé à la culture du surf.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of surf
- surfs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce surf?
- /sœʁf/
- \sœʁf\
- [sœʁf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to surf
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is surf in French?
surf appears 5.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).