castle in the air

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːs(ə)l ɪn ðiː ˈɛə/
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• General-American: /ˈkæs(ə)l ɪn ði ˈɛəɹ/
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No etymology was provided for this word.

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: kështjella në erë — desire, idea, or plan unlikely to ever be realized
• Albanian: ëndrra në diell — desire, idea, or plan unlikely to ever be realized
• Catalan: castells en l'aire — desire, idea, or plan unlikely to ever be realized
• Chinese Mandarin: 空中樓閣 /空中楼阁 (kōngzhōnglóugé) — desire, idea, or plan unlikely to ever be realized
• Czech: vzdušné zámky — desire, idea, or plan unlikely to ever be realized
• Danish: luftkastel — desire, idea, or plan unlikely to ever be realized
• Dutch: luchtkasteel — desire, idea, or plan unlikely to ever be realized
• Esperanto: aerkastelo — desire, idea, or plan unlikely to ever be realized
• Esperanto: ĥimero — desire, idea, or plan unlikely to ever be realized
• Faroese: harraborg — desire, idea, or plan unlikely to ever be realized
• Faroese: skýborg — desire, idea, or plan unlikely to ever be realized
• Finnish: tuulentupa — desire, idea, or plan unlikely to ever be realized
• Finnish: pilvilinna — desire, idea, or plan unlikely to ever be realized
• French: châteaux en Espagne — desire, idea, or plan unlikely to ever be realized
• Galician: castelos no ar — desire, idea, or plan unlikely to ever be realized
• German: Luftschloss — desire, idea, or plan unlikely to ever be realized
• German: Traumschloss — desire, idea, or plan unlikely to ever be realized
• Hebrew: מִגְדָּל פּוֹרֵחַ בָּאֲוִיר (migdál poréaḥ baAvír) — desire, idea, or plan unlikely to ever be realized
• Hungarian: légvár — desire, idea, or plan unlikely to ever be realized
• Icelandic: loftkastali — desire, idea, or plan unlikely to ever be realized
• Māori: waitara — desire, idea, or plan unlikely to ever be realized
• Norwegian Bokmål: luftslott — desire, idea, or plan unlikely to ever be realized
• Norwegian Nynorsk: luftslott — desire, idea, or plan unlikely to ever be realized
• Polish: marzenie ściętej głowy — desire, idea, or plan unlikely to ever be realized
• Portuguese: castelo de vento — desire, idea, or plan unlikely to ever be realized
• Portuguese: castelo no ar — desire, idea, or plan unlikely to ever be realized
• Russian: возду́шный за́мок (vozdúšnyj zámok) — desire, idea, or plan unlikely to ever be realized
• Serbo-Croatian: куле у зраку — desire, idea, or plan unlikely to ever be realized
• Serbo-Croatian: kule u zraku — desire, idea, or plan unlikely to ever be realized
• Spanish: castillos en el aire — desire, idea, or plan unlikely to ever be realized
• Spanish: castillos de naipes — desire, idea, or plan unlikely to ever be realized
• Swedish: luftslott — desire, idea, or plan unlikely to ever be realized