Phrase guide

zoom lens

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /zu(ː)m lɛnz/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A lens containing a mechanical assembly of inner lenses, allowing the focal length to be changed rapidly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: arts, hobbies, lifestyle, photography

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a camera lens that magnifies the image

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: telephoto lens

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: camera lens, optical lens

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 变焦镜头 — lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
  • Danish: zoomlinse — lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
  • Danish: zoomobjektiv — lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
  • Danish: transfokallinse — lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
  • Faroese: fjarlinsa — lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
  • Faroese: telelinsa — lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
  • Finnish: zoom-objektiivi — lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
  • French: zoom — lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
  • French: objectif à focale variable — lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
  • German: Zoomobjektiv — lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
  • Greek: φακός ζουμ (fakós zoum) — lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
  • Hungarian: zoomobjektív — lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
  • Icelandic: aðdráttarlinsa — lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
  • Irish: zúmáil — lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
  • Italian: zoom — lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
  • Italian: trasfocatore — lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
  • Japanese: ズームレンズ (zūmu-renzu) — lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
  • Korean: 줌렌즈 (jumnenjeu) — lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
  • Luxembourgish: zoomobjectief — lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
  • Malayalam: സൂം ലെൻസ് (sūṁ leṉsŭ) — lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
  • Māori: arotahi topa — lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
  • Norwegian Bokmål: zoomobjektiv — lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
  • Norwegian Bokmål: zoomlinse — lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
  • Norwegian Bokmål: zoom — lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: zoomobjektiv — lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: zoomlinse — lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: zoom — lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
  • Persian: لنز زوم — lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
  • Portuguese: zoom — lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
  • Portuguese: zum — lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
  • Serbo-Croatian: zum objektiv — lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
  • Sinhalese: සූම කාච (sūma kāca) — lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
  • Spanish: zum — lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
  • Swedish: zoomobjektiv — lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
  • Tamil: அணுக்க வில்லை (aṇukka villai) — lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
  • Ukrainian: трансфокатор (transfokator) — lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
  • Vietnamese: ống kính zoom — lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed