zoom

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

1892 verb, 1918 noun, 1942 interjection. Originally imitative of a sound.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /zuːm/, X-SAMPA: /zu:m/
• Rhymes: -uːm

Noun

zoom (plural zooms)

1. a humming noise from something moving very fast
2. a quick ascent
3. a big increase
4. an augmentation of a view as with a lens

Translations

humming noise

• Finnish: suhahdus (fi)
• German: Brummen (de) n, brummendes Geräusch (de) n

• Navajo: ts’iziil

quick ascent

• German: schneller (de) Aufstieg (de) m

big increase

• Finnish: räjähdys (fi)

• German: Vergrößerung (de) f

augmentation of a view

• Finnish: zoomaus (fi)

• German: Vergrößerung (de) f

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• Bulgarian: бръмчене n (1), рязко изкачване n (2), увеличение n (3)
• Dutch: zoem m (1), zoom (4)

• Interlingua: susurro (1); zoom (4)
• Portuguese: zumbido (1); zoom (4)
• Spanish: zumbido (1); zoom (4)

Verb

zoom (third-person singular simple present zooms, present participle zooming, simple past and past participle zoomed)

1. to move fast with a humming noise
2. to fly an airplane straight up
3. to move rapidly
4. to go up sharply

   prices zoomed

5. to change the focal length of a zoom lens
6. (used with in or out) to manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it

Derived terms

• zoom in
• zoom lens
• zoom out
• zoomy

Descendants

• Dutch: zoomen
• German: zoomen

Translations

to move very fast with a humming noise

• Finnish: suhahtaa (fi)

• German: schwirren (de), surren (de)

to fly an airplane straight up

• German: schwirren (de)

to move rapidly

• Finnish: syöksyä (fi)
• German: schwirren (de)

• Japanese: (colloquial) 猛スピードで進む (ja) (mōsupīdo de susumu)

to go up sharply

• Finnish: räjähtää (fi)

• German: schwirren (de)

to change the focal length of a zoom lens

• Finnish: zoomata (fi)

• German: fokussieren (de), zoomen (de)
• Italian: zoomare (it)
• Marathi: जूम करणे (mr) (zūma karṇe)

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Translations to be checked

• Bulgarian: бръмча (1), издигам (2), покачвам (3)
• Dutch: zoeven (1), zoemen (4)

• Interlingua: mover se rapidemente (1); focalisar con zoom (4)
• Portuguese: zumbir (1); enfocar com zoom (4)
• Spanish: zumbar (1); enfocar con zoom (4)

Anagrams

• mozo

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch soom, from Old Dutch *sōm, from Proto-Germanic *saumaz (“that which is sewn”). Cognate with English seam.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -oːm
• X-SAMPA: /zo:m/
• IPA: /zoːm/

Noun

zoom m (plural zomen, diminutive zoompje)

1. edge, border
2. border of a cloth that is turned around and stitched

Verb

zoom

1. first-person singular present indicative of zomen
2. imperative of zomen
3. first-person singular present indicative of zoomen
4. imperative of zoomen

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French

Etymology

English zoom.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /zum/, X-SAMPA: /zum/
• Homophone: zooms
• Hyphenation: zoom

Noun

zoom m (plural zooms)

1. zoom (photography)

Derived terms

• zoomer

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA: /zuːm/

Verb

zoom

1. Imperative singular of zoomen.
2. (colloquial) First-person singular present of zoomen.

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Italian

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Etymology

English

Noun

zoom m (invariable)

1. (photography) zoom

Related terms

• zoomare
• zoomata