Phrase guide

wet dream

noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

An erotic dream (imaginary vision while sleeping) bringing the sleeper to orgasm.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

The orgasm in such a dream.

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Usage: broadly

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3

noun

Meaning 3

An exciting fantasy; a very appealing, ideal thing, person, or state of affairs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

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4

verb

Meaning 4

To produce fluids from the sex organs as a result of sexual arousal during sleep; to have an erotic dream; (figurative) to fantasize (about something, especially in a sexual way).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • 2005, Tyehimba Jess, Leadbelly, Amherst, MA: Verse Press, p. 33, you is more a man than they ever wet dreamed to be

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5

verb

Meaning 5

To have an erotic dream about (someone or something); (figurative) to fantasize about (someone or something) sexually.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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6

noun

Meaning 6

an erotic dream (usually at night) accompanied by the (nocturnal) emission of semen

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: dream, dreaming

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 春夢 /春梦 (chūnmèng) — erotic dream
  • Dutch: natte droom — erotic dream
  • Dutch: nachtejeculatie — erotic dream
  • Finnish: märkä uni — erotic dream
  • French: pollution nocturne — erotic dream
  • French: carte de France — erotic dream
  • German: feuchter Traum — erotic dream
  • German: Pollution — erotic dream
  • Greek: ονείρωξη (oneíroxi) — erotic dream
  • Ancient Greek: ὀνειρωγμός (oneirōgmós) — erotic dream
  • Hindi: स्वप्नदोष (svapnadoṣ) — erotic dream
  • Indonesian: mimpi basah — erotic dream
  • Italian: polluzione — erotic dream
  • Japanese: 夢精 (musei) — erotic dream
  • Korean: 몽정 (mongjeong) — erotic dream
  • Māori: moetoa — erotic dream
  • Polish: mokry sen — erotic dream
  • Portuguese: sonho molhado — erotic dream
  • Russian: поллю́ция (polljúcija) — erotic dream
  • Spanish: sueño / ensueño húmedo / mojado / erótico — erotic dream
  • Turkish: ıslak rüya — erotic dream
  • Chinese Mandarin: 幻想 (huànxiǎng) — greatly desired fantasy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 意淫 (yìyín) — greatly desired fantasy
  • Dutch: natte droom — greatly desired fantasy
  • Finnish: märkä uni — greatly desired fantasy
  • German: feuchter Traum — greatly desired fantasy
  • Greek: ονείρωξη (oneíroxi) — greatly desired fantasy
  • Russian: сексуа́льная фанта́зия (sɛksuálʹnaja fantázija) — greatly desired fantasy
  • Russian: эроти́ческий сон (erotíčeskij son) — greatly desired fantasy
  • Russian: мо́крый сон (mókryj son) — greatly desired fantasy