daydream

English

Etymology

day +‎ dream

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪdɹiːm/
enPR: dā'drēmˈ

Noun

daydream (plural daydreams)

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 (nl)
Esperanto: revo
Finnish: päiväuni
French: rêverie (fr) f
German: Tagtraum (de) m
Greek: ονειροπόλημα (el) n (oneiropólima)
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, fantasticaggine 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)

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 (nl)
Esperanto: revi (eo)
Estonian: unistus, unelm
Finnish: uneksia (fi), haaveilla (fi)
French: rêvasser (fr), rêver (fr)
Galician: soñar esperto
Georgian: წარმოსახვა (c̣armosaxva), ფანტაზიორობა (panṭazioroba)
German: tagträumen (de), träumen (de)
Greek: 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 (pl) 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), estar en Babia (es)
Swedish: dagdrömma
Thai: ฝันเฟื่อง (făn-fêuang)
Ukrainian: мрі́яти impf (mríjaty)
Vietnamese: mơ mộng (vi)

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