dream
English
/dɹiːm/, /dɹim/
noun
Definitions
- Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping.
- (figurative) A hope or wish.
- A visionary scheme; a wild conceit; an idle fancy.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English dreme inherited from Old English drēam (singing, sound of music, delight, melody, musical instrument, harmony, music, frenzy, rapture, gladness, jubilation, pleasure, ecstasy, song, rejoicing, mirth, joy) inherited from *draum inherited from Proto-Germanic *draumaz (dream) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrowgʰ-mos inherited from Middle English dremen inherited from Old English drīeman (play on an instrument, make a joyous sound with voice with instrument, sing a song, rejoice) inherited from Proto-Germanic *draumijaną root from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ- (deceive, serve, hold fast, support, hold, mislead, be other, serve one's tribe, be second, injure).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dʰrewgʰ-
Gloss
deceive, serve, hold fast, support, hold, mislead, be other, serve one's tribe, be second, injure
Concept
Semantic Field
Cognition
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Dreamlander English
- Dreamtime English
- bedream English
- boat English
- bound English
- catcher English
- child English
- day English
- daydream English
- daydreamer English
- daydreamlike English
- daydreamy English
- dreamable English
- dreamboat English
- dreambound English
- dreamcatcher English
- dreamchild English
- dreamer English
- dreamery English
- dreamest English
- dreameth English
- dreamfish English
- dreamful English
- dreamfully English
- dreamfulness English
- dreamgirl English
- dreamhole English
- dreamily English
- dreaminess English
- dreamish English
- dreamland English
- dreamless English
- dreamlessly English
- dreamlessness English
- dreamlife English
- dreamlike English
- dreamlikeness English
- dreammate English
- dreams English
- dreamscape English
- dreamsign English
- dreamsome English
- dreamt English
- dreamward English
- dreamware English
- dreamwork English
- dreamworker English
- dreamworld English
- dreamworthy English
- dreamwrapt English
- dreamy English
- droog English
- fish English
- foredream English
- girl English
- hole English
- hypno- English
- interdream English
- land English
- life English
- mate English
- night English
- nightdream English
- nondream English
- nondreamer English
- outdream English
- overdream English
- redream English
- sign English
- sweven English
- swevening English
- time English
- undream English
- undreamable English
- undreamt English
- undreamy English
- work English
- worker English
- world English
- wrapt English
- drungus Latin
- fraus Latin
- Albtraum German
- Klartraum German
- Lebenstraum German
- Tagtraum German
- Traum German
- Traumdeuter German
- Traumdeutung German
- Traumfrau German
- Traumjob German
- Traumland German
- Traummann German
- Traumprinz German
- Traumurlaub German
- Trug German
- Trugschluss German
- Träumerei German
- Wunschtraum German
- erträumen German
- klarträumen German
- traumhaft German
- traumlos German
- traumwandeln German
- traumwandlerisch German
- träumen German
- bedrog Dutch, Flemish
- boerenbedrog Dutch, Flemish
- drogreden Dutch, Flemish
- dromen Dutch, Flemish
- dromenland Dutch, Flemish
- dromer Dutch, Flemish
- droom Dutch, Flemish
- droomhuis Dutch, Flemish
- droomoord Dutch, Flemish
- droomprins Dutch, Flemish
- gezichtsbedrog Dutch, Flemish
- jongensdroom Dutch, Flemish
- kiezersbedrog Dutch, Flemish
- koortsdroom Dutch, Flemish
- moorddroom Dutch, Flemish
- ἀφυπνίζω Ancient Greek
- ἄγρυπνος Ancient Greek
- ὕπνος Ancient Greek
- *dʰrewgʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰrewgʰyéti, *dʰrewgʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰrowgʰ-mos Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰrúgʰyeti, *dʰrewgʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *keh₂p- Proto-Indo-European
- *swep- Proto-Indo-European
- *swepno- Proto-Indo-European
- *swépnos Proto-Indo-European
- dagdrøm Norwegian Bokmål
- drøm Norwegian Bokmål
- drømme Norwegian Bokmål
- *draugaz Proto-Germanic
- *draumaz Proto-Germanic
- *draumijaną Proto-Germanic
- *dreuganą Proto-Germanic
- *dreugaz Proto-Germanic
- *drugą Proto-Germanic
- *druhtinaz Proto-Germanic
- *druhtiz Proto-Germanic
- *swefnaz Proto-Germanic
- dröm Swedish
- drömma Swedish
- mardröm Swedish
- draum Norwegian Nynorsk
- dream Old English
- dreamcræft Old English
- dreamere Old English
- dreamleas Old English
- drieman Old English
- drēam Old English
- drēman Old English
- drīeman Old English
- eþeldream Old English
- pipdream Old English
- wuldordream Old English
- द्रुह्वन् Sanskrit
- ध्रोक्ष्यति Sanskrit
- drem Middle English
- dreme Middle English
- dremen Middle English
- dremer Middle English
- dremes Middle English
- dremyng Middle English
- sweven Middle English
- draugr Old Norse
- draumr Old Norse
- dreyma Old Norse
- drjúgr Old Norse
- dróttinn Old Norse
- dróttna Old Norse
- dróttnan Old Norse
- dróttnari Old Norse
- dróttning Old Norse
- svefn Old Norse
- yfirdróttning Old Norse
- drøm Danish
- drømme Danish
- drømmekage Danish
- ønskedrøm Danish
- dagdraumur Icelandic
- draumsóley Icelandic
- draumur Icelandic
- óskadraumur Icelandic
- दरोग़ Hindi
- دروغ Persian
- ύπνος Greek (modern)
- bedroch Middle Dutch
- droom Middle Dutch
- drômen Middle Dutch
- drôom Middle Dutch
- *droum Old High German
- troum Old High German
- bedrog Afrikaans
- droom Afrikaans
- dreymur Faroese
- *dröumen Middle High German
- troum Middle High German
- Dram Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- dreemen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐍃 Gothic
- טרוים Yiddish
- *bidreugan gmw-pro
- *draum gmw-pro
- *swefn gmw-pro
- *drōm Old Dutch
- *drōmen Old Dutch
- drōm Old Dutch
- *dʰrúkš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- drom Old Saxon
- gidrog Old Saxon
- sɑmn Westrobothnian
- dream Western Frisian
- dreame Western Frisian
- *drēma Old Frisian
- dram Old Frisian
- drām Old Frisian
- drim Volapük
- *draugás Proto-Balto-Slavic
- durmi Kabuverdianu
- 𐎭𐎼𐎢𐎥 Old Persian
- *húpnos Proto-Hellenic
- 𐬛𐬭𐬆𐬔𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬧𐬙 Avestan
- دروغ Pashto, Pushto
- day
- girl
- sign
- boat
- time
- fish
- land
- life
- work
- mate
- hole
- droog
- bound
- child
- world
- night
- wrapt
- sweven
- dreamt
- hypno-
- dreamy
- dreams
- worker
- undream
- dreamer
- bedream
- catcher
- redream
- dreamful
- dreamery
- undreamt
- dreameth
- outdream
- dreamily
- nondream
- dreamest
- undreamy
- dreamish
- daydream
- dreamlike
- dreamgirl
- dreamsome
- dreamboat
- dreamland
- dreamable
- foredream
- dreamward
- Dreamtime
- dreammate
- dreamfish
- dreamless
- dreamhole
- dreamsign
- daydreamy
- dreamlife
- overdream
- dreamware
- swevening
- dreamwork
- dreamworld
- dreamchild
- dreaminess
- daydreamer
- dreambound
- dreamfully
- interdream
- nightdream
- nondreamer
- dreamscape
- dreamwrapt
- dreamlessly
- dreamworker
- Dreamlander
- dreamworthy
- undreamable
- dreamfulness
- daydreamlike
- dreamcatcher
- dreamlessness
- dreamlikeness