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dreamcatcher

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A decorative Native American object in the form of a hoop and net with attachments such as feathers, traditionally believed by the Ojibwa to “filter out” bad dreams.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dhrewgh- Proto-West Germanic *draum Old English drēam Middle English drem English dream Latin captus Proto-Indo-European *-yetider. Latin -io Vulgar Latin *captiāre Old French chacierbor. Anglo-Norman cachierbor. Middle English cacchen English catch Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English catcher English dreamcatcher From dream + catcher.

Across languages

Translations

61 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: droomvanger — decorative Native American object
  • Arabic: مُلاحِق الأَحْلَام (mulāḥiq al-ʔaḥlām) — decorative Native American object
  • Armenian: երազ բռնող (eraz bṙnoġ) — decorative Native American object
  • Azerbaijani: yuxu ovçusu — decorative Native American object
  • Azerbaijani: yuxu tələsi — decorative Native American object
  • Bengali: ড্রিমক্যাচার (ḍrimokkacar) — decorative Native American object
  • Bengali: ড্রিম ক্যাচার (ḍrim kêcar) — decorative Native American object
  • Bulgarian: ловец на сънища (lovec na sǎništa) — decorative Native American object
  • Catalan: atrapa-somnis — decorative Native American object
  • Catalan: caçador de somnis — decorative Native American object
  • Cherokee: ᎦᏐᏆᎸᎢ (gasoqualvi) — decorative Native American object
  • Chinese Mandarin: 捕夢網 /捕梦网 (bǔmèngwǎng) — decorative Native American object
  • Chinese Mandarin: 夢罟 /梦罟 (mènggǔ) — decorative Native American object
  • Czech: lapač snů — decorative Native American object
  • Danish: drømmefanger — decorative Native American object
  • Dutch: dromenvanger — decorative Native American object
  • Esperanto: sonĝkaptilo — decorative Native American object
  • Estonian: unenäopüüdja — decorative Native American object
  • Finnish: unisieppari — decorative Native American object
  • French: capteur de rêves — decorative Native American object
  • French: attrapeur de rêves — decorative Native American object
  • French: attrape-rêves — decorative Native American object
  • German: Traumfänger — decorative Native American object
  • Bavarian German: Draamfoin — decorative Native American object
  • Bavarian German: Draamfonga — decorative Native American object
  • Greek: ονειροπαγίδα (oneiropagída) — decorative Native American object
  • Hebrew: לוֹכֵד חֲלוֹמוֹת (lóked khalomót) — decorative Native American object
  • Hindi: ड्रीमकैचर (ḍrīmkaicar) — decorative Native American object
  • Hungarian: álomfogó — decorative Native American object
  • Hungarian: álomcsapda — decorative Native American object
  • Indonesian: peraih mimpi — decorative Native American object
  • Italian: acchiappasogni — decorative Native American object
  • Japanese: ドリームキャッチャー (dorīmukyatchā) — decorative Native American object
  • Korean: 드림캐처 (deurimkaecheo) — decorative Native American object
  • Lakota: iháŋbla gmúŋkA — decorative Native American object
  • Lithuanian: sapnų gaudyklė — decorative Native American object
  • Norwegian Bokmål: drømmefanger — decorative Native American object
  • Ojibwe: asabikeshiinh — decorative Native American object
  • Ojibwe: bawaajige nagwaagan — decorative Native American object
  • Persian: کابوسگیر (kâbus-gir) — decorative Native American object
  • Polish: łapacz snów — decorative Native American object
  • Portuguese: apanhador de sonhos — decorative Native American object
  • Portuguese: filtro dos sonhos — decorative Native American object
  • Romanian: prinzător de vise — decorative Native American object
  • Russian: лове́ц снов (lovéc snov) — decorative Native American object
  • Serbo-Croatian: хва̀та̄ч снова — decorative Native American object
  • Serbo-Croatian: hvàtāč snova — decorative Native American object
  • Slovak: lapač snov — decorative Native American object
  • Slovene: lovilec sanj — decorative Native American object
  • Spanish: atrapasueños — decorative Native American object
  • Spanish: cazador de sueños — decorative Native American object
  • Swedish: drömfångare — decorative Native American object
  • Turkish: düşkapanı — decorative Native American object
  • Turkish: rüya yakalayan — decorative Native American object
  • Turkish: rüya avcısı — decorative Native American object
  • Ukrainian: лове́ць снів (lovécʹ sniv) — decorative Native American object
  • Ukrainian: вло́влювач снів (vlóvljuvač sniv) — decorative Native American object
  • Urdu: خواب پکڑ — decorative Native American object
  • Urdu: ڈریم کیچر — decorative Native American object
  • Vietnamese: lưới bắt giữ giấc mơ — decorative Native American object
  • Vietnamese: lưới giấc mơ — decorative Native American object
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