dream

English

Etymology

Exact origin unknown; probably related to Old English drēam.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -iːm

Noun

dream (plural dreams)

1. Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping.
2. A hope or wish.

Derived terms

• daydream
• wet dream
• pipe dream
• dreamy
• the American dream

Translations

imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping

• Albanian: ëndërr
• Bosnian: san
• Breton: hunvre
• Bulgarian: сън , сънища |
• Catalan: somni
• Chinese: 夢 (mèng)
• Croatian: san
• Danish: drøm
• Dutch: droom
• Finnish: uni
• French: rêve
• Frisian: dream
• German: Traum
• Greek: όνειρο (oniro) Template:n, ενύπνιον (enipnion) Template:n
• Guaraní: ke
• Hebrew: חלום (ḥɑlom)
• Hungarian: álom
• Icelandic: draumur
• Ido: sonjo

• Indonesian: mimpi / impian
• Italian: sogno
• Japanese: 夢 (ゆめ, yume)
• Korean: 꿈 (kkum)
• Latin: somnium, nox Template:f
• Latvian: sapnis
• Malayalam: svepnam
• Polish: sen , sny plural
• Portuguese: sonho
• Romanian vis Template:n
• Russian сон (son)
• Serbian:

Cyrillic: сан

Roman: san

• Slovene: sanje Template:f |
• Spanish: sueño
• Swedish: dröm
• Telugu: కల (kala)
• Turkish: rüya, düş

a hope or wish

• Breton: hunvre
• Bulgarian: сън, "m", сънища "pl"
• Catalan: somni
• Chinese: 夢想 (mèngxiăng)
• Danish: drøm
• Dutch: droom
• Finnish: unelma, haave
• French: rêve
• Frisian: dream
• German: Traum
• Greek: όραμα (orama) Template:n, όνειρο (oniro) Template:n
• Hebrew: חלום (ḥɑlom)
• Indonesian: mimpi / impian, cita-cita / harapan

• Italian: sogno
• Japanese: 夢 (ゆめ, yume), 希望 (きぼう, kibō) / 望み (のぞみ, nozomi)
• Korean: 꿈 (kkum)
• Polish: marzenie Template:n
• Portuguese: sonho
• Romanian vis Template:n
• Russian мечта (m'ečtá) Template:f
• Spanish: sueño
• Swedish: dröm
• Telugu: స్వప్నం(svapnaM)
• Turkish: hayal, düş

Translations to be checked

• (deprecated template usage) Slovak: sen

Verb

dream (third-person singular simple present dreams, present participle dreaming, simple past and past participle dreamt or dreamed)

1. Template:intransitive To see imaginary events in one's mind while sleeping.
2. Template:intransitive To hope, to wish.
3. Template:intransitive To daydream.

   Stop dreaming and get back to work.

4. Template:transitive to create an imaginary experience (usually when asleep)

   I dreamt a vivid dream last night.

Derived terms

• dream up
• dream on

Translations

see imaginary events while sleeping

• Bosnian: sanjati
• Breton: hunvreal
• Catalan: somiar
• Chinese: 夢見 (mèngjiàn)
• Croatian: sanjati
• Danish: drømme
• Dutch: dromen
• Finnish: uneksia
• French: rêver
• Frisian: dreame
• German: träumen
• Greek: ονειρεύομαι (onirevome), βλέπω όνειρο (vlepo oniro)
• Hebrew: לחלום (l'ḥlom)
• Hungarian: álmodik
• Ido: sonjar
• Italian: sognare
• Japanese: 夢を見る (ゆめをみる, yume wo miru), ...を夢見る (...をゆめみる, ...wo yume-miru) (to dream of...)

• Korean: 꿈꾸다 (kkumkkuda)
• Latin: somniāre
• Lojban: senva
• Norwegian: drømme
• Old English: mǣtan
• Polish: śnić
• Portuguese: sonhar
• Romanian: visa
• Russian: видеть сон (víd'et' son)
• Serbian:

Cyrillic: сањати

Roman: sanjati

• Spanish: soñar
• Swedish: drömma
• Turkish: rüya görmek, düş görmek
• Telugu: కలగను (kalaganu)

to hope, to wish

• Breton: hunvreal
• Catalan: somiar
• Chinese: 夢想 (mèngxiăng)
• Danish: drømme
• Dutch: dromen
• Finnish: uneksia, unelmoida, haaveilla
• French: rêver
• Frisian: dreame
• German: träumen
• Greek: ονειρεύομαι (onirevome)
• Hebrew: לחלום (l'ḥlom)
• Italian: sognare

• Japanese: 願う(ねがう, negau)
• Korean: 꿈꾸다 (kkumkkuda)
• Polish: marzyć
• Portuguese: sonhar
• Romanian: visa
• Russian: мечтать (m'ečtát')
• Spanish: soñar
• Swedish: drömma
• Turkish: hayali olmak, ummak

to daydream

• German: träumen
• Greek: ρεμβάζω (remvazo), ονειρεύομαι (onirevome)

• Russian: мечтать (m'ečtát')

to create an imaginary experience

• German: träumen
• Greek: οπτασιάζομαι (optasiazome), φαντάζομαι (fantazome), ονειρεύομαι (onirevome)
• Hungarian: álmodik

• Russian: мечтать (m'ečtát'), фантазировать (fantazírovat')

Translations to be checked

• (deprecated template usage) Indonesian: mimpi, bermimpi, memimpikan, impi, mengimpikan
• (deprecated template usage) Slovak: snívať, sniť

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Frisian

Noun

dream

1. dream

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Old English

Etymology

Common Germanic *draumaz, whence also Old Saxon drōm ‘joy, music, dream’, Old High German troum, Old Norse draumr7878

Noun

drēam (pl. drēamas)

1. joy, pleasure, ecstasy

   Ðær biþ drincendra dream se micla: there is the great joy of drinkers.

2. music, song

   Iohannes gehyrde swylce bymena dream: John heard, as it were, the sound of trumpets.