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zum

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Translingual

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Symbol

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zum

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Kumzari.

See also

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German

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Etymology

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A contraction of zu + dem or zu + einem. Compare Dutch ten.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tsuːm/, /tsʊm/
  • Audio:(file)

Contraction

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zum (+ optional adjective(s) ending with -en + masculine or neuter noun)

  1. Contraction of zu dem (to the; for the).
  2. Contraction of zu einem (to a; for a).

Hunsrik

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Etymology

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Compare German zum.

Pronunciation

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Contraction

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zum

  1. Contraction of zu dem (to the; for the).

Further reading

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From English zoom.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [zʊm]
  • Hyphenation: zum

Verb

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zum

  1. to zoom
    1. to change the focal length of a zoom lens
    2. to manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it

Synonyms

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Further reading

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Pennsylvania German

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Pronunciation

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Contraction

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zum (+ optional adjective(s) ending with -en + masculine or neuter noun)

  1. to or for the (contraction of zu + dem)
  2. to or for a (contraction of zu + einem)

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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Interjection

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zum

  1. (onomatopoeia) the sound of something rushing by

Noun

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zum m (plural zuns)

  1. Rare spelling of zoom.

Romanian

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Etymology

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Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

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zum

  1. zoom; a humming sound made by an insect's flight

Spanish

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Noun

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zum m (plural zums)

  1. Rare spelling of zoom.

Further reading

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Sundanese

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Noun

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zum

  1. zoom

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Determiner

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zum

  1. Alternative form of zim
    • 1867, “DR. RUSSELL ON THE INHABITANTS AND DIALECT OF THE BARONY OF FORTH”, in APPENDIX:
      Fad didn'st thou cum t' ouz on zum other dey?
      [Why didn't you come to us on some other day?]

References

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 131