From day + dream. Compare West Frisian deidream (“daydream”), Dutch dagdroom (“daydream”), German Tagtraum (“daydream”), Swedish dagdröm (“daydream”), Icelandic dagdraumur (“daydream”).
- IPA(key): /ˈdeɪdɹiːm/, [ˈdeɪd͡ʒɹiːm]
- enPR: dā'drēmˈ
daydream (plural daydreams)
- A spontaneous series of thoughts while awake not connected to immediate reality.
- Coordinate terms: woolgathering, brown study, castles in Spain
a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
- Belarusian: ма́ра (be) f (mára)
- Bulgarian: блян (bg) m (bljan), мечта́ (bg) m (mečtá)
- Buryat: хүсэл (xüsel)
- Catalan: ensomni (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 白日夢 / 白日梦 (zh) (báirìmèng), 空想 (zh) (kōngxiǎng), 夢想 / 梦想 (zh) (mèngxiǎng)
- Czech: snění (cs) n
- Danish: dagdrøm c
- Dutch: dagdroom (nl) m
- Esperanto: revo
- Faroese: dagdreymur m
- Finnish: päiväuni (fi)
- French: rêverie (fr) f
- German: Tagtraum (de) m
- Greek: ονειροπόλημα (el) n (oneiropólima)
- Hebrew: חלום בהקיץ m (khalom be'haqytz)
- Hindi: दिनी-स्वप्न m (dinī-svapna)
- Icelandic: dagdraumur (is) m, dagdreymi (is) n
- Italian: sogno ad occhi aperti, fantasticheria (it) f, fantasticaggine f
- Japanese: 白日夢 (ja) (はくじつむ, hakujitsumu), 白昼夢 (ja) (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
- Macedonian: мечта f (mečta)
- Malay: angan-angan
- Maori: wawata
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: dagdrøm (no) m
- Nynorsk: dagdraum m
- Polish: marzenie (pl) n, mara (pl) f
- Portuguese: sonho acordado m
- Romanian: reverie (ro) f
- Russian: мечта́ние (ru) f (mečtánije), мечта́ (ru) f (mečtá), грёзы (ru) f pl (grjózy)
- Spanish: ensueño (es) m, fantasía (es) f, ensoñación (es) f
- Swedish: dagdröm (sv) c
- Telugu: పగటికల (te) (pagaṭikala)
- Turkish: hayal (tr)
- Ukrainian: ма́рення n (márennja), мрі́я (uk) f (mríja)
- Vietnamese: sự mơ màng (vi)
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daydream (third-person singular simple present daydreams, present participle daydreaming, simple past and past participle daydreamt or daydreamed)
- (intransitive) To have such a series of thoughts; to woolgather.
Stop daydreaming and get back to work!
to have such a series of thoughts
- Belarusian: ма́рыць impf (márycʹ)
- Bulgarian: блену́вам (bg) impf (blenúvam), мечта́я (bg) impf (mečtája)
- Catalan: somiar despert
- 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 (nl)
- Esperanto: revi (eo)
- Estonian: unistus, unelm
- Finnish: uneksia (fi), haaveilla (fi), unelmoida (fi)
- French: rêvasser (fr), rêver (fr)
- Galician: soñar esperto
- Georgian: წარმოსახვა (c̣armosaxva), ფანტაზიორობა (panṭazioroba)
- German: tagträumen (de), träumen (de)
- Greek: ονειροπολώ (el) (oneiropoló)
- Hebrew: חלם בהקיץ (khalám b'hakíts)
- Hungarian: álmodozik (hu)
- Ingrian: uneksia
- Italian: fantasticare (it), sognare ad occhi aperti
- Latin: somnio
- Luxembourgish: dreemen
- Macedonian: мечтае (mečtae)
- Malay: berangan
- Maori: wawata
- Nepali: दिवासपना (divāsapanā)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: dagdrømme
- Nynorsk: dagdrøyme
- Polish: marzyć (pl) impf, śnić na jawie impf, myśleć o niebieskich migdałach (pl) impf (idiomatic)
- Portuguese: sonhar acordado, pensar na morte da bezerra (pt)
- Romanian: visa cu ochii deschiși
- 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), estar en Babia (es), ensoñar despierto
- Swedish: dagdrömma (sv)
- Thai: ฝันเฟื่อง (th) (făn-fêuang), ฝันกลางวัน (th)
- Ukrainian: мрі́яти impf (mríjaty)
- Vietnamese: mơ mộng (vi)
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