zoom

See also: Zoom

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: zōōm, IPA^(key): /zuːm/

• Audio (UK):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uːm

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeia. The verb was attested in 1892, noun in 1918 and interjection in 1942.

Noun

zoom (plural zooms)

1. a humming noise from something moving very fast

   the zoom of traffic

2. a quick ascent
3. a big increase
4. an augmentation of a view
   1. by varying the focal length of a lens
   2. by scaling its digital representation

   What's the zoom like on your camera?

Translations

humming noise from something moving very fast

• Danish: brummen c
• Finnish: suhahdus (fi)
• Georgian: ბზუილი (bzuili), ზუზუნი (zuzuni), გუგუნი (guguni)
• German: Brummen (de) n, brummendes Geräusch n
• Italian: rombo (it) m, rintrono (it) m, fragore (it) m, rimbombo (it) m, boato (it) m
• Navajo: ts’iziil
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: zumbido (pt) m
• Russian: жужжа́ние (ru) n (žužžánije), гуде́ние (ru) n (gudénije), гул (ru) m (gul)
• Spanish: zumbido (es) m

quick ascent

• Finnish: nopea nousu
• Georgian: ციცაბო აღმართი (cicabo aɣmarti)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: schneller Aufstieg m
• Italian: cabrata f, impennata (it) f, salita (it) f

big increase

• Finnish: räjähdys (fi)
• German: Vergrößerung (de) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: ingrandimento (it) m

augmentation of a view

• Finnish: zoomaus, suurennus, lähennys
• Georgian: გადიდება (gadideba)
• German: Vergrößerung (de) f
• Hebrew: זום (he) (zum)
• Indonesian: zum (id)
• Italian: zumata (it) f, ingrandimento (it) m
• Malay: zum
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: zoom (no) m

  Nynorsk: zoom m

• Polish: zoom (pl) m, obiektyw zmiennoogniskowy m
• Portuguese: zoom (pt) m
• Russian: зум (ru) m (zum)
• Spanish: zum (es) m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• (deprecated template usage) Bulgarian: бръмчене n (1), рязко изкачване n (2), увеличение n (3)
• (deprecated template usage) Dutch: zoem m (1), zoom (4)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• (deprecated template usage) Interlingua: susurro (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
7. Alternative letter-case form of Zoom

Derived terms

Derived terms

• zoom climb, zoom-climb
• zoom in
• zoom lens

• zoom out
• zoomy

Descendants

• Dutch: zoomen
• Finnish: zoomata
• German: zoomen

Translations

to move very fast with a humming noise

• Dutch: zoeven (nl)
• Finnish: suhahtaa
• German: schwirren (de), surren (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: zumbir (pt)
• Russian: жужжа́ть (ru) (žužžátʹ), гуде́ть (ru) (gudétʹ), издава́ть гул (izdavátʹ gul)
• Spanish: zumbar (es)

to fly an airplane straight up

• Finnish: nousta suoraan ylös
• French: cabrer (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: schwirren (de)
• Italian: cabrare (it)

to move rapidly

• Finnish: syöksyä (fi)
• German: schwirren (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: (colloquial) 猛スピードで進む (mōsupīdo de susumu)
• Maori: topa
• Swedish: for (sv), rusade (sv)

to go up sharply

• Finnish: räjähtää (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: schwirren (de)
• Swedish: rusade (sv), sköt iväg

to change the focal length of a zoom lens

• Finnish: zoomata (fi), suurentaa (fi) (zoom in), pienentää (fi) (zoom out)
• German: zoomen (de)
• Italian: zoomare
• Marathi: जूम करणे (jūm karṇe)|tr=zūma karṇe|sc=Deva
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: dar zoom
• Romanian: zooma
• Spanish: hacer zoom

to manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it

• Finnish: zoomata (fi), suurentaa (fi) (zoom in), lähentää (fi) (zoom in), pienentää (fi) (zoom out), loitontaa (fi) (zoom out)
• Icelandic: þysja
• Swedish: zooma (sv), förstora (sv), förminska (sv)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} бръмча (bg) (brǎmča) (1), ^{(please verify)} издигам (bg) (izdigam) (2), ^{(please verify)} покачвам (bg) (pokačvam) (3)
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} zoeven (nl) (1), ^{(please verify)} zoemen (nl) (4)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} mover se rapidemente (1); ^{(please verify)} focalisar con zoom (4)

Interjection

zoom

1. Representing a humming sound
   • 1918, Annie Vivanti Chartres, The Outrage, page 196:

     Makowsky was playing the Bassgeige. Zoom... zoom-zoom.... The rest of the orchestra would join in presently.

2. Suggesting something moving quickly
   • 1961, Henry Miller, Tropic of Capricorn, page 225:

     I would dance a few light fantastic steps to show which way the wind lay, and zoom! Like a breeze I was on the piano stool and doing a velocity exercise.

3. Suggesting a sudden change, especially an improvement or an increase

Etymology 2

Genericization of the trademark Zoom, a video teleconferencing software.

Verb

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

1. To participate in a video teleconferencing call

Noun

zoom (plural zooms)

1. A video teleconferencing call.

Derived terms

• zoomed (adj.)
• zoomer
• zooming (n.)

 

Anagrams

• Mozo, mozo

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Dutch

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch sôom, from Old Dutch *sōm, from Proto-West Germanic *saum, from Proto-Germanic *saumaz (“that which is sewn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zoːm/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: zoom
• Rhymes: -oːm

Noun

zoom m (plural zomen, diminutive zoompje n)

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

Derived terms

• Bergen op Zoom
• zomen

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English zoom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zuːm/
• Hyphenation: zoom

Noun

zoom m (plural zooms)

1. zoom (augmentation of a view)

Related terms

• zoomen

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /zoːm/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: zoom
• Rhymes: -oːm

Verb

zoom

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of zomen
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of zomen

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /zuːm/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: zoom

Verb

zoom

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of zoomen
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of zoomen

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English zoom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zum/
• Homophone: zooms
• Hyphenation: zoom

Noun

zoom m (plural zooms)

1. (photography) zoom

Derived terms

• zoomer

Further reading

• “zoom”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zuːm/

Verb

zoom

1. singular imperative of zoomen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of zoomen

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English zoom.

Noun

zoom m (uncountable)

1. (photography) zoom

Related terms

• zoomare
• zoomata

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

zoom

1. imperative of zoome

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• zum (rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from English zoom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzũ/

Noun

zoom m (plural s)

1. zoom (augmentation of an image)
2. (photography) zoom lens (lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed)

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Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from English zoom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zuːm/

Noun

1. (photography) zoom

Declension

Declension of zoom

	singulare tantum
nominative	zoom
genitive	zoomu
dative	zoomu
accusative	zoom
locative	zoome
instrumental	zoomom

Related terms

• zoomový

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Spanish

Noun

zoom m (plural zooms)

1. (photography) zoom