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)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 白日夢, 白日梦 (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 (むそう, musō)
• Korean: 백일몽 (ko) (baegilmong)
• 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)
• 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:

  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, haaveilla
• French: rêvasser (fr), rêver (fr)
• Georgian: წარმოსახვა (carmosaxva), ფანტაზიორობა (p’antazioroba)
• 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
• Luxembourgish: dreemen
• Malay: berangan

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

  Bokmål: dagdrømme

  Nynorsk: dagdrøyme

• Polish: marzyć (pl) impf
• Portuguese: sonhar acordado, pensar na morte da bezerra (pt)
• Romanian: visa cu ochii deschişi
• Russian: мечта́ть (ru) impf (mečtátʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сања́рити

  Roman: sanjáriti

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

See also

• dream
• nightmare
• REM