daydream

English

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Pronunciation

• enPR: dā'drēmˈ

Noun

daydream (plural daydreams)

1. A spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts while awake not connected to immediate reality.

Translations

a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts

Bulgarian: блян (bg) m., мечта (bg) m. Dutch: dagdroom (nl) Esperanto: revo (eo) Finnish: päiväuni (fi) French: rêverie (fr) f.

German: Tagtraum (de) m. Hebrew: חלום בהקיץ (khalom be'haqytz) m. Icelandic: dagdraumur (is) m., dagdreymi (is) n. Russian: мечтание (ru) (m'ečtániye) f.

Verb

daydream (third-person singular simple present daydreams, present participle daydreaming, simple past and past participle daydreamt or daydreamed)

1. To have such a series of thoughts; to woolgather.

   Stop daydreaming and get back to work!

Translations

to have such a series of thoughts

Bulgarian: бленувам (bg), мечтая (bg) Chinese: 白日梦 Dutch: dagdromen Esperanto: revi (eo) Finnish: uneksia (fi), haaveilla (fi) French: rêvasser (fr)

German: tagträumen (de) Hebrew: חלם בהקיץ (he) (khalám b'hakíts) Hindi: दिनी-स्वप्न (hi) (dini-swapn) m. Hungarian: álmodozik (hu) Russian: мечтать (ru) (m'ečtát') impf. Spanish: soñar despierto (es), pensar en la inmortalidad del cangrejo (es) (thinking about the immortality of the crab)

See also

• dream
• nightmare
• REM