daydream

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• /ˈdeɪdɹiːm/
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• dā'drēmˈ
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From day + dream. Compare West Frisian deidream (“daydream”), Dutch dagdroom (“daydream”), German Tagtraum (“daydream”), Swedish dagdröm (“daydream”), Icelandic dagdraumur (“daydream”).

119 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: dagdroom — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Arabic: حُلْم يَقَظَة (ḥulm yaqaẓa) — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Belarusian: ма́ра (mára) — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Bulgarian: блян (bljan) — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Bulgarian: мечта́ (mečtá) — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Buryat: хүсэл (xüsel) — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Catalan: ensomni — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Chinese Mandarin: 白日夢 /白日梦 (báirìmèng) — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Chinese Mandarin: 空想 (kōngxiǎng) — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Chinese Mandarin: 夢想 /梦想 (mèngxiǎng) — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Czech: snění — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Danish: dagdrøm — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Dutch: dagdroom — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Esperanto: revo — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Faroese: dagdreymur — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Finnish: päiväuni — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• French: rêverie — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• German: Tagtraum — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Greek: ονειροπόλημα (oneiropólima) — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Hebrew: חלום בהקיץ (khalom be'haqytz) — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Hindi: दिनी-स्वप्न (dinī-svapna) — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Icelandic: dagdraumur — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Icelandic: dagdreymi — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Italian: sogno ad occhi aperti — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Italian: fantasticheria — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Italian: fantasticaggine — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Japanese: 白日夢 (hakujitsumu) — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Japanese: 白昼夢 (hakuchūmu) — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Japanese: 空想 (kūsō) — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Japanese: 夢想 (musō) — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Korean: 백일몽 (baegilmong) — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Latin: somnium — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Macedonian: мечта (mečta) — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Malay: angan-angan — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Māori: wawata — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Norwegian Bokmål: dagdrøm — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Norwegian Nynorsk: dagdraum — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Polish: marzenie — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Polish: mara — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Portuguese: sonho acordado — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Romanian: reverie — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Russian: мечта́ние (mečtánije) — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Russian: мечта́ (mečtá) — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Russian: грёзы (grjózy) — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Spanish: ensueño diurno — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Spanish: fantasía — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Spanish: ensueño despierto — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Swedish: dagdröm — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Tamil: பகற்கனவு (pakaṟkaṉavu) — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Tamil: பகற்கனா (pakaṟkaṉā) — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Telugu: పగటికల (pagaṭikala) — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Turkish: hayal — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Ukrainian: ма́рення (márennja) — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Ukrainian: мрі́я (mríja) — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Vietnamese: sự mơ màng — a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts
• Afrikaans: dagdroom — to have such a series of thoughts
• Belarusian: ма́рыць (márycʹ) — to have such a series of thoughts
• Bulgarian: блену́вам (blenúvam) — to have such a series of thoughts
• Bulgarian: мечта́я (mečtája) — to have such a series of thoughts
• Catalan: somiar despert — to have such a series of thoughts
• Chinese Cantonese: 發夢 /发梦 (faat3 mung6) — to have such a series of thoughts
• Chinese Mandarin: 做白日夢 /做白日梦 (zuò báirìmèng) — to have such a series of thoughts
• Czech: snít — to have such a series of thoughts
• Danish: dagdrømme — to have such a series of thoughts
• Dutch: dagdromen — to have such a series of thoughts
• Esperanto: revi — to have such a series of thoughts
• Estonian: unistus — to have such a series of thoughts
• Estonian: unelm — to have such a series of thoughts
• Finnish: uneksia — to have such a series of thoughts
• Finnish: haaveilla — to have such a series of thoughts
• Finnish: unelmoida — to have such a series of thoughts
• French: rêvasser — to have such a series of thoughts
• French: rêver — to have such a series of thoughts
• Galician: soñar esperto — to have such a series of thoughts
• Georgian: წარმოსახვა (c̣armosaxva) — to have such a series of thoughts
• Georgian: ფანტაზიორობა (panṭazioroba) — to have such a series of thoughts
• German: tagträumen — to have such a series of thoughts
• German: träumen — to have such a series of thoughts
• Greek: ονειροπολώ (oneiropoló) — to have such a series of thoughts
• Hebrew: חלם בהקיץ (khalám b'hakíts) — to have such a series of thoughts
• Hungarian: álmodozik — to have such a series of thoughts
• Ingrian: uneksia — to have such a series of thoughts
• Italian: fantasticare — to have such a series of thoughts
• Italian: sognare ad occhi aperti — to have such a series of thoughts
• Latin: somnio — to have such a series of thoughts
• Luxembourgish: dreemen — to have such a series of thoughts
• Macedonian: мечтае (mečtae) — to have such a series of thoughts
• Malay: berangan — to have such a series of thoughts
• Māori: wawata — to have such a series of thoughts
• Nepali: दिवासपना (divāsapanā) — to have such a series of thoughts
• Norwegian Bokmål: dagdrømme — to have such a series of thoughts
• Norwegian Nynorsk: dagdrøyme — to have such a series of thoughts
• Polish: marzyć — to have such a series of thoughts
• Polish: śnić na jawie — to have such a series of thoughts
• Polish: myśleć o niebieskich migdałach — to have such a series of thoughts
• Portuguese: sonhar acordado — to have such a series of thoughts
• Portuguese: pensar na morte da bezerra — to have such a series of thoughts
• Romanian: visa cu ochii deschiși — to have such a series of thoughts
• Russian: мечта́ть (mečtátʹ) — to have such a series of thoughts
• Russian: гре́зить (grézitʹ) — to have such a series of thoughts
• Serbo-Croatian: сања́рити — to have such a series of thoughts
• Serbo-Croatian: sanjáriti — to have such a series of thoughts
• Slovene: sanjariti — to have such a series of thoughts
• Spanish: soñar despierto — to have such a series of thoughts
• Spanish: pensar en la inmortalidad del cangrejo — to have such a series of thoughts
• Spanish: fantasear — to have such a series of thoughts
• Spanish: estar en Babia — to have such a series of thoughts
• Spanish: ensoñar despierto — to have such a series of thoughts
• Spanish: pensar en las musarañas — to have such a series of thoughts
• Spanish: ensimismarse — to have such a series of thoughts
• Spanish: abstraerse — to have such a series of thoughts
• Spanish: elucubrar — to have such a series of thoughts
• Swedish: dagdrömma — to have such a series of thoughts
• Tamil: பகற்கனவு காண் (pakaṟkaṉavu kāṇ) — to have such a series of thoughts
• Tamil: பகற்கனா காண் (pakaṟkaṉā kāṇ) — to have such a series of thoughts
• Thai: ฝันเฟื่อง (făn-fêuang) — to have such a series of thoughts
• Thai: ฝันกลางวัน — to have such a series of thoughts
• Ukrainian: мрі́яти (mríjaty) — to have such a series of thoughts
• Vietnamese: mơ mộng — to have such a series of thoughts