English Online Dictionary. What means zoom? What does zoom mean?
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zuːm/, enPR: zo͞om
- Rhymes: -uːm
Etymology 1
Uncertain. The verb was attested in 1892, noun in 1918 and interjection in 1942. Apparently related to Scots soom (“to buzz, hum”), dialectal English and Scots soom, swoom, sweem (“to spin or twirl at high speed”). Compare also dialectal English sweem (“to swoon, become dizzy or faint”).
Noun
zoom (plural zooms)
- A humming noise from something moving very fast.
- (figurative) A quick ascent.
- (figurative) A big increase.
- An augmentation of a view, by varying the focal length of a lens, or digitally.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
zoom (third-person singular simple present zooms, present participle zooming, simple past and past participle zoomed)
- To move fast with a humming noise.
- (aviation) To zoom climb.
- To move rapidly.
- To go up sharply.
- (photography) To change the focal length of a zoom lens.
- To manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it.
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Dutch: zoomen
- → Finnish: zoomata
- → French: zoomer
- → German: zoomen
- → Italian: zoomare
- → Norwegian Bokmål: zoome
Translations
Interjection
zoom
- Representing a humming sound
- Suggesting something moving quickly
- 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)
- To participate in a video teleconferencing call.
Noun
zoom (plural zooms)
- A video teleconferencing call.
Derived terms
Anagrams
- Mozo, mozo
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/
- Hyphenation: zoom
- Rhymes: -oːm
Noun
zoom m (plural zomen, diminutive zoompje n)
- edge, border
- hem (border of a cloth that is turned around and stitched)
Derived terms
- Bergen op Zoom
- zomen
Descendants
- Negerhollands: soom
- → Caribbean Javanese: sum
- → Indonesian: som
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English zoom.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zuːm/
- Hyphenation: zoom
Noun
zoom m (plural zooms)
- zoom (augmentation of a view)
Related terms
- zoomen
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation 1
- IPA(key): /zoːm/
- Hyphenation: zoom
- Rhymes: -oːm
Verb
zoom
- inflection of zomen:
- first-person singular present indicative
- imperative
Pronunciation 2
- IPA(key): /zuːm/
- Hyphenation: zoom
Verb
zoom
- inflection of zoomen:
- first-person singular present indicative
- imperative
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English zoom.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zum/
- Homophone: zooms
- Hyphenation: zoom
Noun
zoom m (plural zooms)
- (photography) zoom
Derived terms
- zoomer
Further reading
- “zoom”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zuːm/
Verb
zoom
- singular imperative of zoomen
- (colloquial) first-person singular present of zoomen
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English zoom.
Noun
zoom m (invariable)
- (photography) zoom
Related terms
- zoomare
- zoomata
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
zoom
- imperative of zoome
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- zum (rare)
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English zoom.
Pronunciation
Noun
zoom m (plural zooms)
- zoom (augmentation of an image)
- (photography) zoom lens (lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed)
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English zoom.
Noun
zoom n (plural zoomuri)
- zoom
Declension
Slovak
Etymology
Borrowed from English zoom.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zuːm/
Noun
zoom m inan (genitive singular zoomu, declension pattern of dub)
- (photography) zoom
Declension
Related terms
- zoomový
Spanish
Noun
zoom m (plural zooms)
- (photography) zoom