German

Noun

Zoom m ‎(genitive Zooms, no plural)

1. (photography, film) zoom, augmentation of a view as with a camera lens

English

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 by varying the focal length of a lens

Translations

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

Descendants

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

Translations

Anagrams

• mozo

Dutch

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -oːm
• IPA^(key): /zoːm/
• Hyphenation: zoom

Noun

zoom m ‎(plural zomen, diminutive zoompje n)

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

Derived terms

• Bergen op Zoom

Verb

zoom

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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: zoom

Verb

zoom

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

French

Etymology

Borrowing from English zoom.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

zoom m ‎(plural zooms)

1. (photography) zoom

Derived terms

• zoomer

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zuːm/

Verb

zoom

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

Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from English zoom.

Noun

zoom m ‎(invariable)

1. (photography) zoom

Related terms

• zoomare
• zoomata

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

zoom

1. imperative of zoome

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• zum

Etymology

Borrowing from English zoom.

Noun

zoom m (plural zooms)

1. (photography, computing) zoom (augmentation of a view)

Spanish

Noun

zoom m ‎(plural zooms)

1. (photography) zoom