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

• Bulgarian: блян (bg) m (bljan), мечта (bg) m (mečta)
• Czech: snění n
• Danish: dagdrøm c
• Dutch: dagdroom
• Esperanto: revo
• Finnish: päiväuni
• French: rêverie (fr) f
• German: Tagtraum (de) m
• Hebrew: חלום בהקיץ (khalom be'haqytz) m
• Icelandic: dagdraumur (is) m, dagdreymi (is) n

• Italian: sogno ad occhi aperti, fantasticheria (it) f
• Maori: wawata
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dagdrøm (no) m

  Nynorsk: dagdraum m

• Portuguese: sonho acordado m
• Russian: мечтание (ru) f (m'ečtániye)
• Swedish: dagdröm c
• Telugu: పగటికల (te) (pagaṭikala)

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
• Dutch: dagdromen
• Esperanto: revi (eo)
• Finnish: uneksia, haaveilla
• French: rêvasser (fr)
• German: tagträumen
• Hebrew: חלם בהקיץ (khalám b'hakíts)
• Hindi: दिनी-स्वप्न m (dini-swapn)
• Hungarian: álmodozik (hu)

• Italian: fantasticare (it), sognare ad occhi aperti
• Maori: wawata
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dagdrømme

  Nynorsk: dagdrøyme

• Portuguese: sonhar acordado, fazer castelos de ar, pensar na morte da bezerra (pt)
• Russian: мечтать (ru) impf (m'ečtát')
• Spanish: soñar despierto, pensar en la inmortalidad del cangrejo (es) (thinking about the immortality of the crab)
• Swedish: dagdrömma

See also

• dream
• nightmare
• REM