hallucinate

English

Etymology

From Latin hallucinatus, alternate form of alūcinātus, from alūcināri (to dream).

Verb

hallucinate (third-person singular simple present hallucinates, present participle hallucinating, simple past and past participle hallucinated)

1. (transitive and intransitive) To seem to perceive things (with one or more of one's senses) which are not really present; to have visions; to experience a hallucination.

Synonyms

• (seem to perceive what is not present): imagine, see things

Derived terms

• hallucination
• hallucinative
• hallucinatory

 

Related terms

• hallucinant
• hallucinaut
• hallucinogen
• hallucinogenic
• hallucinosis

 

Translations

seem to perceive what is not really present

• Afrikaans: hallusineer
• Bulgarian: халюцинирам (haljuciniram)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 幻想 (zh) (huànxiǎng)

• Catalan: al·lucinar (ca)
• Finnish: hallusinoida (fi), nähdä harhoja
• French: halluciner (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Georgian: მოლანდება (molandeba)
• German: halluzinieren
• Italian: allucinare (it)
• Latin: hallūcinor
• Portuguese: alucinar (pt)
• Romanian: halucina (ro)
• Sotho: phofa
• Spanish: alucinar (es)
• Swedish: hallucinera
• Telugu: భ్రమించు (te) (bhramiñcu), భ్రాంతి చెందు (bhrānti cendu)
• Turkish: halüsinasyon görmek

References

• “hallucinate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.