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Uncertain. The verb was first attested c. 1892, as a noun in 1918 and as an 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”).

A genericization of the trademark Zoom, a video teleconferencing software.

From Zoom, a videoconferencing software by Zoom Video Communications; renamed as such (from Saasbee) in May 2012 by Jim Scheinman after the American children's book Zoom City (1998) by Thacher Hurd for ostensibly encapsulating creativity, happiness and exploration. Scheinman had "been saving the name Zoom for a long time."

147 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: бръмчене (brǎmčene) — humming noise from something moving very fast
• Danish: brummen — humming noise from something moving very fast
• Finnish: suhahdus — humming noise from something moving very fast
• French: vrombissement — humming noise from something moving very fast
• French: sifflement — humming noise from something moving very fast
• Galician: zoada — humming noise from something moving very fast
• Galician: zoeira — humming noise from something moving very fast
• Galician: zunido — humming noise from something moving very fast
• Galician: balbor — humming noise from something moving very fast
• Galician: balbordo — humming noise from something moving very fast
• Galician: chío — humming noise from something moving very fast
• Galician: zóo — humming noise from something moving very fast
• Galician: burbia — humming noise from something moving very fast
• Galician: abouxada — humming noise from something moving very fast
• Georgian: ბზუილი (bzuili) — humming noise from something moving very fast
• Georgian: ზუზუნი (zuzuni) — humming noise from something moving very fast
• Georgian: გუგუნი (guguni) — humming noise from something moving very fast
• German: Brummen — humming noise from something moving very fast
• German: brummendes Geräusch — humming noise from something moving very fast
• Indonesian: ngung — humming noise from something moving very fast
• Italian: rombo — humming noise from something moving very fast
• Italian: rintrono — humming noise from something moving very fast
• Italian: fragore — humming noise from something moving very fast
• Italian: rimbombo — humming noise from something moving very fast
• Italian: boato — humming noise from something moving very fast
• Navajo: ts’iziil — humming noise from something moving very fast
• Portuguese: zumbido — humming noise from something moving very fast
• Russian: жужжа́ние (žužžánije) — humming noise from something moving very fast
• Russian: гуде́ние (gudénije) — humming noise from something moving very fast
• Russian: гул (gul) — humming noise from something moving very fast
• Spanish: zumbido — humming noise from something moving very fast
• Bulgarian: рязко изкачяане (rjazko izkačjaane) — quick ascent
• Finnish: nopea nousu — quick ascent
• Galician: suba — quick ascent
• Georgian: ციცაბო აღმართი (cicabo aɣmarti) — quick ascent
• German: schneller Aufstieg — quick ascent
• Indonesian: mencuat — quick ascent
• Italian: cabrata — quick ascent
• Italian: impennata — quick ascent
• Italian: salita — quick ascent
• Bulgarian: увеличение (uveličenie) — big increase
• Finnish: räjähdys — big increase
• Galician: medra — big increase
• Galician: crécima — big increase
• German: Vergrößerung — big increase
• Indonesian: membesar — big increase
• Italian: ingrandimento — big increase
• Bulgarian: уголемяване на част от екрана (ugolemjavane na čast ot ekrana) — augmentation of a view
• Finnish: zoomaus — augmentation of a view
• Finnish: suurennus — augmentation of a view
• Finnish: lähennys — augmentation of a view
• Galician: cremento — augmentation of a view
• Galician: arrequento — augmentation of a view
• Galician: acrescemento — augmentation of a view
• Georgian: გადიდება (gadideba) — augmentation of a view
• German: Vergrößerung — augmentation of a view
• Hebrew: זום (zum) — augmentation of a view
• Hungarian: zoom — augmentation of a view
• Indonesian: keker — augmentation of a view
• Indonesian: zum — augmentation of a view
• Indonesian: fokus — augmentation of a view
• Italian: zumata — augmentation of a view
• Italian: ingrandimento — augmentation of a view
• Malay: luru — augmentation of a view
• Malay: zum — augmentation of a view
• Norwegian Bokmål: zoom — augmentation of a view
• Norwegian Nynorsk: zoom — augmentation of a view
• Polish: zoom — augmentation of a view
• Polish: obiektyw zmiennoogniskowy — augmentation of a view
• Portuguese: zoom — augmentation of a view
• Russian: зум (zum) — augmentation of a view
• Spanish: zoom — augmentation of a view
• Spanish: aumento — augmentation of a view
• Spanish: sum — augmentation of a view
• Bulgarian: бръмча (brǎmča) — to move very fast with a humming noise
• Dutch: zoeven — to move very fast with a humming noise
• Finnish: suhahtaa — to move very fast with a humming noise
• German: schwirren — to move very fast with a humming noise
• German: surren — to move very fast with a humming noise
• Portuguese: zumbir — to move very fast with a humming noise
• Russian: реве́ть (revétʹ) — to move very fast with a humming noise
• Russian: прореве́ть (prorevétʹ) — to move very fast with a humming noise
• Russian: жужжа́ть (žužžátʹ) — to move very fast with a humming noise
• Russian: прожужжа́ть (prožužžátʹ) — to move very fast with a humming noise
• Spanish: zumbar — to move very fast with a humming noise
• Bulgarian: издигам се рязко (izdigam se rjazko) — to fly an airplane straight up
• Finnish: nousta suoraan ylös — to fly an airplane straight up
• French: cabrer — to fly an airplane straight up
• German: schwirren — to fly an airplane straight up
• Italian: cabrare — to fly an airplane straight up
• Esperanto: zomi — to move rapidly
• Finnish: syöksyä — to move rapidly
• German: schwirren — to move rapidly
• Japanese: 猛スピードで進む (mōsupīdo de susumu) — to move rapidly
• Māori: topa — to move rapidly
• Russian: нести́сь (nestísʹ) — to move rapidly
• Russian: пронести́сь (pronestísʹ) — to move rapidly
• Swedish: for — to move rapidly
• Swedish: rusade — to move rapidly
• Finnish: räjähtää — to go up sharply
• German: schwirren — to go up sharply
• Swedish: rusade — to go up sharply
• Swedish: sköt iväg — to go up sharply
• Arabic: كَبَّرَ (kabbara) — to change the focal length of a zoom lens
• Arabic: قَرَّبَ (qarraba) — to change the focal length of a zoom lens
• Arabic: صَغَّرَ (ṣaḡḡara) — to change the focal length of a zoom lens
• Arabic: بَعَّدَ (baʕʕada) — to change the focal length of a zoom lens
• Bulgarian: уголемявам (ugolemjavam) — to change the focal length of a zoom lens
• Esperanto: zomi — to change the focal length of a zoom lens
• Finnish: zoomata — to change the focal length of a zoom lens
• Finnish: suurentaa (zoom in) — to change the focal length of a zoom lens
• Finnish: pienentää (zoom out) — to change the focal length of a zoom lens
• German: zoomen — to change the focal length of a zoom lens
• Indonesian: keker — to change the focal length of a zoom lens
• Italian: zoomare — to change the focal length of a zoom lens
• Malay: luru — to change the focal length of a zoom lens
• Marathi: जूम करणे (jūm karṇe) — to change the focal length of a zoom lens
• Portuguese: dar zoom — to change the focal length of a zoom lens
• Romanian: zooma — to change the focal length of a zoom lens
• Russian: увели́чить (uvelíčitʹ) — to change the focal length of a zoom lens
• Russian: уме́ньшить (uménʹšitʹ) — to change the focal length of a zoom lens
• Spanish: enfocar — to change the focal length of a zoom lens
• Turkish: zoom yapmak — to change the focal length of a zoom lens
• Turkish: zoomlamak — to change the focal length of a zoom lens
• Bulgarian: уголемявам част от екрана (ugolemjavam čast ot ekrana) — to manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it
• Esperanto: zomi — to manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it
• Finnish: zoomata — to manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it
• Finnish: suurentaa (zoom in) — to manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it
• Finnish: lähentää (zoom in) — to manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it
• Finnish: pienentää (zoom out) — to manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it
• Finnish: loitontaa (zoom out) — to manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it
• Hungarian: zoomol — to manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it
• Hungarian: ráközelít — to manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it
• Icelandic: þysja — to manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it
• Indonesian: perbesar — to manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it
• Indonesian: perkecil — to manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it
• Indonesian: zum — to manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it
• Khiamniungan Naga: tâsīm — to manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it
• Portuguese: dar zoom — to manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it
• Swedish: zooma — to manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it
• Swedish: förstora — to manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it
• Swedish: förminska — to manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it
• Turkish: büyütmek — to manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it
• Turkish: yakınlaştırmak — to manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it
• Turkish: zoom yapmak — to manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it
• Turkish: zoomlamak — to manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it
• Vietnamese: thu phóng — to manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it