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{{also|DREAMer|Dreamer}}
==English==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|en|enm|dremer}}, {{m|enm|dremere}}, {{m|enm|dremare}}, equivalent to {{suf|en|dream|er|id2=agent noun}}. Cognate with {{cog|fy|dreamer|t=dreamer}}, {{cog|stq|Dröömer|t=dreamer}}, {{cog|nl|dromer|t=dreamer}}, {{cog|de|Träumer|t=dreamer}}, {{cog|da|drømmer|t=dreamer}}, {{cog|sv|drömmare|t=dreamer}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{a|GA}} {{IPA|en|/ˈdɹimɚ/}}
* {{a|RP}} {{IPA|en|/ˈdɹiːmə/}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dreamer.wav|Audio (UK)}}
* {{rhymes|en|iːmə(ɹ)|s=2}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# One who [[dream]]s.
# Someone whose beliefs are far from [[realist]]ic.
#* {{quote-song|en|1971|{{w|John Lennon}}|[[w:Imagine (John Lennon song)|Imagine]]|text=You may say I'm a '''dreamer'''/ But I'm not the only one/ I hope someday you'll join us/ And the world will live as one.}}
# Any [[anglerfish]] of the family {{taxlink|Oneirodidae|family}}.
# {{vern|swallow-wing puffbird}} ({{taxlink|Chelidoptera tenebrosa|species}})

====Related terms====
* [[daydreamer]]

====Translations====
{{trans-top|one who dreams}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|ëndërrues|m}}, {{t|sq|ëndërruese|f}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|حَالِم|m}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|xəyalpərəst}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|somiador|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|[[做夢]][[的]][[人]]}}, {{t|cmn|[[做梦]][[的]][[人]]|tr=zuòmèng de rén}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|snící|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|haaveilija}}, {{t+|fi|uneksija}}
* French: {{t+|fr|rêveur|m}}, {{t+|fr|rêveuse|f}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|soñador|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Träumer|m}}, {{t+|de|Träumerin|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|ονειροπόλος|m}}
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* Istriot: {{t|ist|sugnadur|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|sognatore|m}}
* Latin: {{t|la|somniator|m}}, {{t|la|somniatrix|f}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|svajotojas|m}}, {{t|lt|svajotoja|f}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|rêveux|m}}, {{t|nrf|songeux|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|marzyciel|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|sonhador|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|visător|m}}, {{t+|ro|visătoare|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|мечта́тель|m}}, {{t+|ru|мечта́тельница|f}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|sanjáč|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|soñador|m}}, {{t+|es|soñadora|f}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|breuddwydiwr|m}}, {{t|cy|breuddwydwraig|f}}
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{{trans-top|someone whose beliefs are far from realistic}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|երազող}}, {{t+|hy|ցնորամոլ}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|xəyalpərəst}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|летуце́ннік|m}}, {{t|be|летуце́нніца|f}}, {{t|be|мро́йца|m}}, {{t|be|мро́йнік|m}}, {{t|be|мро́йніца|f}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|мечта́тел|m}}, {{t|bg|мечта́телка|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|空想家|tr=kōngxiǎngjiā}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|snílek|m}}
* Danish: {{t|da|drømmer|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|dromer|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|haaveilija}}
* French: {{t+|fr|rêveur|m}}, {{t+|fr|rêveuse|f}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|მეოცნებე}}
* German: {{t+|de|Schwärmer|m}}, {{t+|de|Schwärmerin|f}}, {{t+|de|Fantast|m}}, {{t+|de|Fantastin|f}}, {{t+|de|Träumer|m}}, {{t+|de|Träumerin|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|ονειροπόλος|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|álmodozó}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|aislingeach|m}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|夢想家|tr=むそうか, musōka}}
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* Korean: {{t+|ko|몽상가(夢想家)}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|svajoklis|m}}, {{t|lt|svajoklė|f}}, {{t|lt|svajotojas|m}}, {{t|lt|svajotoja|f}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|сонувач|m}}, {{t|mk|сонувачка|f}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|waewae-kai-kapua}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|drømmer|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|marzyciel|m}}, {{t+|pl|marzycielka|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|sonhador|m}}, {{t+|pt|visionário|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|мечта́тель|m}}, {{t+|ru|мечта́тельница|f}}, {{t+|ru|фантазёр|m}}, {{t+|ru|фантазёрка|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|са̀ња̄р|m}}, {{t|sh|сања̀рица|f}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|sànjār|m}}, {{t+|sh|sanjàrica|f}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|rojko|m}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|sanjač|m}}, {{t|sl|sanjačica|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|visionario|m}}, {{t+|es|visionaria|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|drömmare|c}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|hayalperest}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|мрі́йник|m}}, {{t|uk|мрі́йниця|f}}
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{{trans-top|fish of the family Oneirodidae}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|břichatka|f}}
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* Finnish: {{t|fi|torkkujakrotti}}
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{{trans-top|swallow-wing puffbird}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|pääskylaiskuri}}
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{{trans-see|ladybird}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:OneLook}}
* {{R:Century 1911}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=adeemrr|rearmed|redream}}

[[Category:English agent nouns]]
[[Category:en:Anglerfish]]
[[Category:en:Piciforms]]