zum

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See also: žum

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tsuːm/, /tsʊm/
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Contraction

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

Etymology

Compare German zum.

Pronunciation

Contraction

zum

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

Further reading

  • Piter Kehoma Boll (2021), “zum”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português [Riograndenser Hunsrickisch–Portuguese Dictionary] (in Portuguese), 3 edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 182

Indonesian

Etymology

From English zoom.

Pronunciation

Verb

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

Further reading

Pennsylvania German

Pronunciation

Contraction

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

Pronunciation

Interjection

zum

  1. (onomatopoeia) the sound of something rushing by

Noun

zum m (plural zuns)

  1. Rare spelling of zoom.

Romanian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

zum

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

Spanish

Noun

zum m (plural zums)

  1. zoom

Further reading

Yola

Determiner

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?

References

  • Jacob Poole (1867), 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, page 131