dreamer

See also: DREAMer

English

Etymology

dream +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdɹimɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdɹiːmə/
• Rhymes: -iːmə(ɹ)

Noun

dreamer ‎(plural dreamers)

1. One who dreams.
2. Someone whose beliefs are far from realistic.
   • 1971, John Lennon, Imagine

     You may say I'm a dreamer/ But I'm not the only one/ I hope someday you'll join us/ And the world will live as one.

3. Any anglerfish of the family Oneirodidae.
4. swallow-wing puffbird (Chelidoptera tenebrosa)
5. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (informal) A ladybird.

Translations

one who dreams

• Albanian: ëndërrues (sq) m, ëndërruese f
• Arabic: حَالِم m ‎(ḥālim), مِثَالِيّ m ‎(miṯāliyy)
• Catalan: somiador m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 做夢的人, 做梦的人 ‎(zuòmèng de rén)

• Czech: snící m
• Finnish: haaveilija (fi)
• French: rêveur (fr) m, rêveuse (fr) f
• Galician: soñador m
• German: Träumer (de) m, Träumerin f
• Greek: ονειροπόλος (el) m ‎(oneiropólos)
• Istriot: sugnadur m
• Italian: sognatore m

• Norman: rêveux m, songeux m
• Latin: somniator m, somniatrix f
• Lithuanian: svajotojas m, svajotoja f
• Polish: marzyciel (pl) m
• Portuguese: sonhador (pt) m
• Romanian: visător (ro) m, visătoare (ro) f
• Russian: мечта́тель (ru) m ‎(mečtátelʹ), мечта́тельница (ru) f ‎(mečtátelʹnica)
• Slovene: sanjáč m
• Spanish: soñador (es) m, soñadora (es) f

someone whose beliefs are far from realistic

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 空想家 (zh) ‎(kōngxiǎngjiā)

• Czech: snílek m
• Finnish: haaveilija (fi)
• Japanese: 夢想家 ‎(むそうか, musōka)
• Lithuanian: svajoklis m, svajoklė f, svajotojas m, svajotoja f

• Polish: marzyciel (pl) m
• Portuguese: sonhador (pt) m
• Russian: мечта́тель (ru) m ‎(mečtátelʹ), мечта́тельница (ru) f ‎(mečtátelʹnica)
• Serbo-Croatian: sanjar (sh) m
• Swedish: drömmare c

fish of the family Oneirodidae

• Czech: břichatka f

External links

• dreamer at OneLook Dictionary Search
• dreamer in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• rearmed