From en.wiktionary.org:
[Zoom]
** English
[wikipedia]
*** Pronunciation
- [en] , [zo͞om]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
[en]. The verb was attested in 1892, noun in 1918 and interjection in 1942.
Apparently related to [sco], dialectal English and [sco], [en], [sco].
Compare also dialectal [en].
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. A humming noise from something moving very fast.
2. [en] A quick ascent .
3. [en] A big increase .
4. An augmentation of a view , by varying the focal length of a lens , or digitally.
***** Derived terms
[en]
***** Translations
[humming noise from something moving very fast]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Danish: [da]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl]
- Georgian: [ka] , [ka] , [ka]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Italian: [it] , [it] , [it] , [it] , [it]
- Navajo: [nv]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
[trans-bottom]
[quick ascent]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Galician: [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Italian: [it] , [it] , [it]
[trans-bottom]
[big increase]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl]
- German: [de]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Italian: [it]
[trans-bottom]
[augmentation of a view]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi] , [fi]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl] , [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Indonesian: [id] , [id] , [id]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Malay: [ms] , [ms]
- Norwegian:
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es]
[trans-bottom]
[checktrans-top]
- Dutch: [nl] (1), [nl] (4)
- Interlingua: [ia] (1), [ia] (4)
[trans-bottom]
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. To move fast with a hum ming noise .
2. * [passage= [He had to eat his breakfast now and wanted to take it easy, so I went right on into Des Moines, about four miles, hitching a ride with two boys from the University of Iowa;] and it was strange sitting in their brand-new comfortable car and hearing them talk of exams as we ZOOMED smoothly into town.]
3. [en] To zoom climb .
4. To move rapidly .
5. To go up sharply .
6. [en] To change the focal length of a zoom lens .
7. To manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it.
8. [en] To check someone out; to investigate someone that one is interested in.
9. * [en]
***** Derived terms
{{col|en |zoom by |zoom climb,zoom-climb |zoom in |zoom lens |zoom out |zoomy
}}
***** Descendants
- [bor=1]
- [bor=1]
- [bor=1]
- [bor=1]
- [bor=1]
- [bor=1]
***** Translations
[to move very fast with a humming noise]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
[trans-bottom]
[to fly an airplane straight up]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Italian: [it]
[trans-bottom]
[to move rapidly]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de]
- Japanese: [colloquial] [ja]
- Maori: [mi]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[to go up sharply]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[to change the focal length of a zoom lens]
- Arabic: [ar] [zoom in] , [ar] [zoom in] , [ar] [zoom out] , [ar] [zoom out]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi] [zoom in] , [fi] [zoom out]
- German: [de]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Italian: [it]
- Malay: [ms]
- Marathi: [mr]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru] [zoom in] , [ru] [zoom out]
- Spanish: [es]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr]
[trans-bottom]
[to manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi] [zoom in] , [fi] [zoom in] , [fi] [zoom out] , [fi] [zoom out]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Khiamniungan Naga: [kix]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv] , [sv]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr] , [tr] , [tr]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
[trans-bottom]
[checktrans-top]
- Dutch: [nl] (1), [nl] (4)
- Interlingua: [ia] (1); [ia] (4)
[trans-bottom]
**** Interjection
[en-interjection]
1. [Representing a humming sound]
2. * [en]
3. [Suggesting something moving quickly]
4. * [page=244]
5. [Suggesting a sudden change, especially an improvement or an increase]
*** Etymology 2
Genericization of the trademark [en], a video teleconferencing software.
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. To participate in a video teleconferencing call.
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. A video teleconferencing call.
2. * [en]
**** Derived terms
{{col3|en| |zoomer |zooming<pos:n> |zoomed<pos:adj> }}
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en]
** Dutch
*** Etymology 1
From [nl], from [nl], from [nl], from [nl].
**** Pronunciation
- [nl]
- [nl]
- [nl]
- [nl]
**** Noun
[m]
1. edge , border
2. hem [border of a cloth that is turned around and stitched]
***** Derived terms
- [nl]
- [nl]
***** Descendants
- [dcr]
- [jvn]
- [id]
*** Etymology 2
Borrowed from [nl].
**** Pronunciation
- [nl]
- [nl]
**** Noun
[m]
1. [en] [augmentation of a view]
***** Related terms
- [nl]
*** Etymology 3
[nonlemma]
**** Pronunciation 1
- [nl]
- [nl]
- [nl]
- [nl]
***** Verb
[nl]
1. [nl]
**** Pronunciation 2
- [nl]
- [nl]
- [nl]
***** Verb
[nl]
1. [nl]
[nl] [nl]
** French
*** Etymology
[fr].
*** Pronunciation
- [zoum]
- [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
*** Noun
[m]
1. [fr] [en]
**** Derived terms
- [fr]
*** Further reading
- [R:fr:TLFi]
** German
*** Pronunciation
- [de]
- [de]
*** Verb
[de]
1. [de]
2. [de] [de]
** Italian
[lang=it]
*** Etymology
[it].
*** Noun
[m]
1. [it] [en]
**** Related terms
- [it]
- [it]
** Norwegian Bokmål
*** Verb
[nb]
1. [nb]
** Portuguese
*** Alternative forms
- [pt]
*** Etymology
[pt].
*** Pronunciation
[br=zum]
*** Noun
[m]
1. [en] [augmentation of an image]
2. [pt] zoom lens [lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed]
** Romanian
*** Etymology
[ro].
*** Noun
[n]
1. [en]
**** Declension
[ro-noun-n-uri]
** Slovak
*** Etymology
[sk].
*** Pronunciation
- [sk]
*** Noun
[m-in]
1. [sk] [sk]
**** Declension
[zoom]
**** Related terms
- [sk]
** Spanish
*** Noun
[m]
1. [es] [en]