daydream

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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

• Belarusian: ма́ра (be) f ‎(mára)
• Bulgarian: блян (bg) m ‎(bljan), мечта́ (bg) m ‎(mečtá)
• Buryat: хүсэл ‎(xüsel)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 白日夢 (zh), 白日梦 (zh) ‎(báirìmèng), 空想 (zh) ‎(kōngxiǎng), 夢想 (zh), 梦想 (zh) ‎(mèngxiǎng)

• Czech: snění n
• Danish: dagdrøm c
• Dutch: dagdroom
• Esperanto: revo
• Finnish: päiväuni
• French: rêverie (fr) f
• German: Tagtraum (de) m
• Hebrew: חלום בהקיץ m ‎(khalom be'haqytz)
• Hindi: दिनी-स्वप्न m ‎(dini-swapn)
• Icelandic: dagdraumur (is) m, dagdreymi (is) n
• Italian: sogno ad occhi aperti, fantasticheria (it) f

• Japanese: 白日夢 ‎(はくじつむ, hakujitsumu), 白昼夢 ‎(はくちゅうむ, hakuchūmu), 空想 (ja) ‎(くうそう, kūsō), 夢想 (ja) ‎(むそう, musō)
• Korean: 백일몽 (ko) ‎(baegilmong)
• Latin: somnium n
• Malay: angan-angan
• Maori: wawata
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dagdrøm (no) m

  Nynorsk: dagdraum m

• Polish: marzenie (pl) n, mara (pl) f
• Portuguese: sonho acordado m
• Russian: мечта́ние (ru) f ‎(mečtánije), мечта́ (ru) f ‎(mečtá), грёзы (ru) f pl ‎(grjózy)
• Spanish: ensueño (es) m, fantasía (es) f
• Swedish: dagdröm c
• Telugu: పగటికల (te) ‎(pagaṭikala)
• Ukrainian: ма́рення (uk) n ‎(márennja), мрі́я (uk) f ‎(mríja)
• Vietnamese: sự mơ màng (vi)

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

• Belarusian: ма́рыць impf ‎(márycʹ)
• Bulgarian: блену́вам (bg) impf ‎(blenúvam), мечта́я (bg) impf ‎(mečtája)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 發夢, 发梦 ‎(faat³ mung⁶)

  Mandarin: 做白日夢, 做白日梦 ‎(zuò báirìmèng)

• Czech: snít (cs)
• Danish: dagdrømme
• Dutch: dagdromen
• Esperanto: revi (eo)
• Estonian: unistus, unelm
• Finnish: uneksia (fi), haaveilla
• French: rêvasser (fr), rêver (fr)
• Georgian: წარმოსახვა ‎(c̣armosaxva), ფანტაზიორობა ‎(panṭazioroba)
• German: tagträumen, träumen (de)
• Greek: ρεμβάζω (el) ‎(remvázo), ονειρεύομαι (el) ‎(oneirévomai)
• Hebrew: חלם בהקיץ ‎(khalám b'hakíts)
• Hungarian: álmodozik (hu)
• Italian: fantasticare (it), sognare ad occhi aperti
• Latin: somnio
• Luxembourgish: dreemen
• Malay: berangan

• Maori: wawata
• Nepali: दिवासपना ‎(diwāsapanā)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dagdrømme

  Nynorsk: dagdrøyme

• Polish: marzyć (pl) impf, śnić na jawie impf, myśleć o niebieskich migdałach impf (idiomatic)
• Portuguese: sonhar acordado, pensar na morte da bezerra (pt)
• Romanian: visa cu ochii deschişi
• Russian: мечта́ть (ru) impf ‎(mečtátʹ), гре́зить (ru) impf ‎(grézitʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сања́рити

  Roman: sanjáriti (sh)

• Slovene: sanjariti
• Spanish: soñar despierto, pensar en la inmortalidad del cangrejo (es) (thinking about the immortality of the crab), fantasear (es)
• Swedish: dagdrömma
• Thai: ฝันเฟื่อง ‎(făn-fêuang)
• Ukrainian: мрі́яти impf ‎(mríjaty)
• Vietnamese: mơ mộng (vi)

See also

• dream
• nightmare
• REM