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Etymology
Exact origin unknown; probably related to Old English dream#Old English|dr�am.

Pronunciation
AHD|dr�m, IPA|/dri�m/, SAMPA|/dri:m/
audio|en-us-dream.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-i�m|-i�m

Noun
en-noun

1. imagination|Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping.

#:Connie was overloaded with chores, so she would always dream that she was a robot programmed to serve her parents.

1. A hope or wish.
2. Alternate realities created by our subconscious from different parts of our mind that can range from our hopes and fears, to a life-like scenario

Derived terms
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daydream
dreamboat
dreamcatcher
dreamland
dreamscape
dreamy
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dreamworld
lucid dream
pipe dream
the American dream
wet dream
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Translations
trans-top|Imaginary events seen while sleeping
Albanian: ëndërr
Bosnian: san#Bosnian|san m
Breton: hunvre m
Bulgarian: ��н (s�n) m, ��ни�а (s�ništa) p
Catalan: somni
Chinese: 夢 (mèng)
Classical Nahuatl: temictli
Croatian: san#Croatian|san m
Danish: drøm c
Dutch: droom m
Finnish: uni#Finnish|uni
French: rêve m, songe m
Frisian: dream
German: Traum m
Greek: �νει�ο (óniro) n, εν��νιον (enípnion) n
Guaraní: ke
Hebrew: ���� (ḥ�lom) m
Hungarian: álom
Icelandic: draumur m
Ido: sonjar|sonjo
Indonesian: mimpi / impi|impian
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Italian: sogno m
Japanese: 夢 (��, yume)
Korean: � (kkum)
Kurdish: KUchar|خ���
Latin: somnium, nox f
Latvian: sapnis m
Lithuanian: sapnas
Malayalam: (svepnam)
Polish: sen#Polish|sen m, sny#Polish|sny p
Portuguese: sonho m
Romanian: vis n
Russian: �он (son) m
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: �ан#Serbian|�ан m
:Roman: san#Serbian|san m, snovidjenje
Slovene: sanje f|p
Spanish: sueño m
Swedish: dröm c
Tagalog: panaginip
Telugu: �ల (kala)
Turkish: rüya, dü�
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trans-top|Hope or wish
Breton: hunvre m
Bulgarian: ��н (s�n) m, ��ни�а (s�ništa) p
Catalan: somni m
Chinese: 夢�, 梦�]] (mèngxi�ng)
Danish: drøm c
Dutch: droom m
Finnish: unelma, haave
French: rêve m, songe m
Frisian: dream
German: Traum m
Greek: ��αμα (árama) n, �νει�ο (óniro) n
Hebrew: ���� (ḥ�lom) m
Indonesian: mimpi / impi|impian, cita-cita / harap|harapan
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Italian: sogno m
Japanese: 夢 (��, yume), �� (���, kib�), �� (���, nozomi)
Korean: � (kkum)
Polish: marzenie n
Portuguese: sonho m
Romanian vis n
Russian ме��а (m'e�tá) f
Spanish: sueño m
Swedish: dröm c
Tagalog: [pangarap]]
Telugu: స�వప�న�(svapnaM)
Turkish: hayal, dü�
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ttbc|Slovak: sen#Slovak|sen m

Verb
en-verb|dreams|dreaming|dreamt or dreamed

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

#: Stop dreaming and get back to work.

1. transitive to create an imaginary experience (usually when asleep)

#: I dreamt a vivid dream last night.

Derived terms
dream up
dream on

Translations
trans-top|see imaginary events while sleeping
Bosnian: sanjati#Bosnian|sanjati
Breton: hunvreal
Catalan: somiar
Chinese: 夢� (mèngjiàn)
Croatian: sanjati#Croatian|sanjati
Czech: snít
Danish: drømme
Dutch: dromen
Finnish: uneksia
French: rêver
Frisian: dreame
German: träumen
Greek: ονει�ε�ομαι (onirevome), βλέ�� �νει�ο (vlepo oniro)
Hebrew: ����� (l'ḥlom)
Hungarian: álmodik
Ido: sonjar
Italian: sognare
Japanese: 夢��� (�����, yume wo miru), ...�夢�� (...�����, ...wo yume-miru) (to dream of...)
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Korean: �꾸� (kkumkkuda)
Kurdish: KUchar|خ���ب����
Latin: somniare|somni�re
Lojban: senva
Norwegian: drømme
Old English: mætan|mǣtan
Polish: �ni�
Portuguese: sonhar
Romanian: visa#Romanian|visa
Russian: виде�� �он (víd'et' son)
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: �а�а�и#Serbian|�а�а�и
:Roman: sanjati#Serbian|sanjati
Spanish: soñar
Swedish: drömma c
Turkish: rüya görmek, dü� görmek c
Telugu: �ల�న� (kalaganu)
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trans-top|to hope, to wish
Breton: hunvreal
Catalan: somiar
Chinese: 夢� (mèngxi�ng)
Danish: drømme
Dutch: dromen
Finnish: uneksia, unelmoida, haaveilla
French: rêver
Frisian: dreame
German: träumen
Greek: ονει�ε�ομαι (onirevome)
Hebrew: ����� (l'ḥlom)
Italian: sognare
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Japanese: ��(���, negau)
Korean: �꾸� (kkumkkuda)
Polish: marzy�
Portuguese: sonhar
Romanian: visa#Romanian|visa
Russian: ме��а�� (m'e�tát')
Spanish: soñar
Swedish: drömma c
Turkish: hayali olmak, ummak
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trans-top|to daydream
German: träumen
Greek: �εμβάζ� (remvazo), ονει�ε�ομαι (onirevome)
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Russian: ме��а�� (m'e�tát')
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trans-top|to create an imaginary experience
German: träumen
Greek: ο��α�ιάζομαι (optasiazome), �αν�άζομαι (fantazome), ονει�ε�ομαι (onirevome)
Hungarian: álmodik
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Kurdish: KUchar|خ���ب����
Russian: ме��а�� (m'e�tát'), �ан�ази�ова�� (fantazírovat')
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ttbc|Indonesian: mimpi, mimpi|bermimpi, mimpi|memimpikan, impi, impi|mengimpikan
ttbc|Slovak: snívať, sniť

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Category:English irregular verbs
Category:English nouns with irregular plurals
Category:Sleep

Frisian

Noun
dream

1. dream

Category:Frisian nouns

Old English

Pronunciation
IPA|/'dræ�am/

Etymology
Common Germanic *draumaz, whence also Old Saxon dr�m �joy, music, dream�, Old High German troum, Old Norse draumr7878

Noun
dr�am m (pl. dr�amas)

1. joy, pleasure, ecstasy

#: �ær biþ drincendra dream se micla: there is the great joy of drinkers.

1. music, song

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

Category:Old English nouns
Category:Thinking

ar:dream
ast:dream
de:dream
el:dream
fa:dream
fr:dream
fy:dream
gl:dream
ko:dream
io:dream
id:dream
is:dream
it:dream
kk:dream
hu:dream
ja:dream
pl:dream
pt:dream
ru:dream
fi:dream
sv:dream
ta:dream
te:dream
th:dream
vi:dream
uk:dream
zh:dream

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