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oneiric

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /oʊˈnaɪ.ɹɪk/
  • UK: /əʊˈnaɪ.ɹɪk/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to dreams.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Resembling a dream; dreamlike.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dreamish, dreamy, dreamlike

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

of or relating to or suggestive of dreams

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From oneir- + -ic, ultimately from Ancient Greek ὀνείρειος (oneíreios).

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: حلم — of or pertaining to dreams
  • Armenian: երազական (erazakan) — of or pertaining to dreams
  • Armenian: երազային (erazayin) — of or pertaining to dreams
  • Catalan: oníric — of or pertaining to dreams
  • Chinese Mandarin: 夢中的 /梦中的 (mèngzhōng de) — of or pertaining to dreams
  • Chinese Mandarin: 夢的 /梦的 — of or pertaining to dreams
  • Chinese Mandarin: 梦的 (mèng de) — of or pertaining to dreams
  • Chinese Mandarin: 睡眠的 (shuìmián de) — of or pertaining to dreams
  • Czech: snový — of or pertaining to dreams
  • Dutch: droom- — of or pertaining to dreams
  • Esperanto: sonĝa — of or pertaining to dreams
  • Finnish: uni- — of or pertaining to dreams
  • Finnish: oneirinen — of or pertaining to dreams
  • French: onirique — of or pertaining to dreams
  • German: verträumt — of or pertaining to dreams
  • Greek: ονειρικός (oneirikós) — of or pertaining to dreams
  • Ancient Greek: ὀνείρειος (oneíreios) — of or pertaining to dreams
  • Ancient Greek: ὀνειρείᾱ (oneireíā) — of or pertaining to dreams
  • Hungarian: álom- — of or pertaining to dreams
  • Hungarian: álommal kapcsolatos — of or pertaining to dreams
  • Italian: onirico — of or pertaining to dreams
  • Japanese: 夢の — of or pertaining to dreams
  • Polish: oniryczny — of or pertaining to dreams
  • Polish: senny — of or pertaining to dreams
  • Portuguese: sonial — of or pertaining to dreams
  • Romanian: oniric — of or pertaining to dreams
  • Russian: онири́ческий (oniríčeskij) — of or pertaining to dreams
  • Russian: со́нный (sónnyj) — of or pertaining to dreams
  • Serbo-Croatian: oniričan — of or pertaining to dreams
  • Spanish: onírico — of or pertaining to dreams