daydream

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdeɪdriːm/
• 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) (bljan) m, мечта (bg) (mečta) m
• Czech: snění (cs) n
• Danish: dagdrøm (da) c
• 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
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dagdrøm (nb) m

  Nynorsk: dagdraum (nn) m

• Russian: мечтание (ru) (m'ečtániye) f
• Swedish: dagdröm (sv) c
• Telugu: పగటికల (te)

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) (blenuvam), мечтая (bg) (mečtaja)
• Chinese: 白日梦
• Czech: snít (cs)
• Danish: dagdrømme (da)
• 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)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dagdrømme (nb)

  Nynorsk: dagdrøyme (nn)

• Russian: мечтать (ru) (m'ečtát') impf.
• Spanish: soñar despierto (es), pensar en la inmortalidad del cangrejo (es) (thinking about the immortality of the crab)
• Swedish: dagdrömma (sv)

See also

• dream
• nightmare
• REM