daydream

English

Etymology

From day +‎ dream. Compare West Frisian deidream (“daydream”), Dutch dagdroom (“daydream”), German Tagtraum (“daydream”), Swedish dagdröm (“daydream”), Icelandic dagdraumur (“daydream”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪdɹiːm/, [ˈdeɪd͡ʒɹiːm]

• Audio (Southern England):

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• enPR: dā'drēmˈ

Noun

daydream (plural daydreams)

1. A spontaneous series of thoughts while awake not connected to immediate reality.

   Coordinate terms: woolgathering, brown study, castles in Spain

Derived terms

• daydreamer
• daydreamlike
• daydreamy

Translations

a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts

• Belarusian: ма́ра (be) f (mára)
• Bulgarian: блян (bg) m (bljan), мечта́ (bg) m (mečtá)
• Buryat: хүсэл (xüsel)
• Catalan: ensomni (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 白日夢 / 白日梦 (zh) (báirìmèng), 空想 (zh) (kōngxiǎng), 夢想 / 梦想 (zh) (mèngxiǎng)

• Czech: snění (cs) n
• Danish: dagdrøm c
• Dutch: dagdroom (nl) m
• Esperanto: revo
• Faroese: dagdreymur m
• Finnish: päiväuni (fi)
• French: rêverie (fr) f
• German: Tagtraum (de) m
• Greek: ονειροπόλημα (el) n (oneiropólima)
• Hebrew: חלום בהקיץ m (khalom be'haqytz)
• Hindi: दिनी-स्वप्न m (dinī-svapna)
• Icelandic: dagdraumur (is) m, dagdreymi (is) n
• Italian: sogno ad occhi aperti, fantasticheria (it) f, fantasticaggine f
• Japanese: 白日夢 (ja) (はくじつむ, hakujitsumu), 白昼夢 (ja) (はくちゅうむ, hakuchūmu), 空想 (ja) (くうそう, kūsō), 夢想 (ja) (むそう, musō)
• Korean: 백일몽 (ko) (baegilmong)
• Latin: somnium n
• Macedonian: мечта f (mečta)
• Malay: angan-angan
• Maori: wawata
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dagdrøm (no) m

  Nynorsk: dagdraum m

• Polish: marzenie (pl) n, mara (pl) f
• Portuguese: sonho acordado m
• Romanian: reverie (ro) f
• Russian: мечта́ние (ru) f (mečtánije), мечта́ (ru) f (mečtá), грёзы (ru) f pl (grjózy)
• Spanish: ensueño (es) m, fantasía (es) f, ensoñación (es) f
• Swedish: dagdröm (sv) c
• Telugu: పగటికల (te) (pagaṭikala)
• Turkish: hayal (tr)
• Ukrainian: ма́рення n (márennja), мрі́я (uk) f (mríja)
• Vietnamese: sự mơ màng (vi)

Verb

daydream (third-person singular simple present daydreams, present participle daydreaming, simple past and past participle daydreamt or daydreamed)

1. (intransitive) To have such a series of thoughts; to woolgather.

   Stop daydreaming and get back to work!

Derived terms

• daydreamingly

Translations

to have such a series of thoughts

• Belarusian: ма́рыць impf (márycʹ)
• Bulgarian: блену́вам (bg) impf (blenúvam), мечта́я (bg) impf (mečtája)
• Catalan: somiar despert
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 發夢 / 发梦 (faat³ mung⁶)

  Mandarin: 做白日夢 / 做白日梦 (zuò báirìmèng)

• Czech: snít (cs)
• Danish: dagdrømme
• Dutch: dagdromen (nl)
• Esperanto: revi (eo)
• Estonian: unistus, unelm
• Finnish: uneksia (fi), haaveilla (fi), unelmoida (fi)
• French: rêvasser (fr), rêver (fr)
• Galician: soñar esperto
• Georgian: წარმოსახვა (c̣armosaxva), ფანტაზიორობა (panṭazioroba)
• German: tagträumen (de), träumen (de)
• Greek: ονειροπολώ (el) (oneiropoló)
• Hebrew: חלם בהקיץ (khalám b'hakíts)
• Hungarian: álmodozik (hu)
• Ingrian: uneksia
• Italian: fantasticare (it), sognare ad occhi aperti
• Latin: somnio
• Luxembourgish: dreemen
• Macedonian: мечтае (mečtae)
• Malay: berangan
• Maori: wawata
• Nepali: दिवासपना (divāsapanā)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dagdrømme

  Nynorsk: dagdrøyme

• Polish: marzyć (pl) impf, śnić na jawie impf, myśleć o niebieskich migdałach (pl) impf (idiomatic)
• Portuguese: sonhar acordado, pensar na morte da bezerra (pt)
• Romanian: visa cu ochii deschiși
• Russian: мечта́ть (ru) impf (mečtátʹ), гре́зить (ru) impf (grézitʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сања́рити

  Roman: sanjáriti (sh)

• Slovene: sanjariti
• Spanish: soñar despierto, pensar en la inmortalidad del cangrejo (es) (thinking about the immortality of the crab), fantasear (es), estar en Babia (es), ensoñar despierto
• Swedish: dagdrömma (sv)
• Thai: ฝันเฟื่อง (th) (făn-fêuang), ฝันกลางวัน (th)
• Ukrainian: мрі́яти impf (mríjaty)
• Vietnamese: mơ mộng (vi)

See also

• daymare
• dream
• nightmare
• REM