different between zoom vs oom

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: z??m, IPA^(key): /zu?m/
• Rhymes: -u?m

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeia. The verb was attested in 1892, noun in 1918 and interjection in 1942.

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
   1. by varying the focal length of a lens
   2. by scaling its digital representation

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

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
7. Alternative letter-case form of Zoom

Derived terms

Descendants

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

Translations

Interjection

zoom

1. Representing a humming sound
2. Suggesting something moving quickly
3. 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)

1. To participate in a video teleconferencing call

Noun

zoom (plural zooms)

1. A video teleconferencing call.

Derived terms

Anagrams

• Mozo, mozo

Dutch

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch sôom, from Old Dutch *s?m, from Proto-West Germanic *saum, from Proto-Germanic *saumaz (“that which is sewn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zo?m/
• Hyphenation: zoom
• Rhymes: -o?m

Noun

zoom m (plural zomen, diminutive zoompje n)

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

Derived terms

• Bergen op Zoom
• zomen

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English zoom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zu?m/
• Hyphenation: zoom

Noun

zoom m (plural zooms)

1. zoom (augmentation of a view)

Related terms

• zoomen

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /zo?m/
• Hyphenation: zoom
• Rhymes: -o?m

Verb

zoom

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

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /zu?m/
• Hyphenation: zoom

Verb

zoom

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

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English zoom.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

zoom m (plural zooms)

1. (photography) zoom

Derived terms

• zoomer

Further reading

• “zoom” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zu?m/

Verb

zoom

1. singular imperative of zoomen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of zoomen

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed 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 (rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from English zoom.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?z?/

Noun

zoom m (plural zooms)

1. zoom (augmentation of an image)
2. (photography) zoom lens (lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed)

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from English zoom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zu?m/

Noun

zoom m (genitive singular zoomu, declension pattern of dub)

1. (photography) zoom

Declension

Related terms

• zoomový

Spanish

Noun

zoom m (plural zooms)

1. (photography) zoom

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans oom. Doublet of eam.

Pronunciation

• (General South African) IPA^(key): /??m/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m/

Noun

oom (plural ooms)

1. (South Africa) An older man, especially an uncle. (Frequently as a respectful form of address.) [from 19th c.]
   • 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage 1998, p. 73:

     He raised his glass. ‘Here's to you, Oom Ben,’ he said. ‘Give them hell.’

Anagrams

• MOO, Moo, moo, omo-

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch oom, from Middle Dutch oom, from Old Dutch *?m, from Proto-Germanic *awahaimaz (“maternal uncle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o?m/

Noun

oom (plural ooms, diminutive oompie)

1. uncle

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch oom, from Old Dutch *?m, from Proto-West Germanic *auhaim (“maternal uncle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o?m/
• Hyphenation: oom
• Rhymes: -o?m

Noun

oom m (plural ooms, diminutive oompje n)

1. uncle

   Synonym: nonkel

Alternative forms

• noom
• ome

Derived terms

• heeroom
• oomschap
• oomzegger
• oudoom
• peetoom
• suikeroom

Descendants

• Afrikaans: oom
• ? Indonesian: om
• ? West Frisian: omme, omke
• ? Sranan Tongo: omu

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *?m, from Proto-West Germanic *auhaim (“maternal uncle”).

Noun

ôom m

1. uncle, brother of one's parent (originally specifically one's mother)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: oom
  • Afrikaans: oom
  • ? Indonesian: om
  • ? West Frisian: omme, omke
  • ? Sranan Tongo: omu
• Limburgish: oeam

Further reading

• “oom”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “oom”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN

Wolof

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??m/

Noun

oom

1. knee