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dreamer en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈdɹiːmə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈdɹimɚ/ (General-American)
  • [ˈdɹimɚ] (General-American)
  • [d͡ʒɹimɚ] (General-American, sometimes)

Etymology

From Middle English dremer, dremere, dremare, equivalent to dream + -er. Cognate with West Frisian dreamer (“dreamer”), Saterland Frisian Dröömer (“dreamer”), Dutch dromer (“dreamer”), German Träumer (“dreamer”), Danish drømmer (“dreamer”), Swedish drömmare (“dreamer”).

Meanings

  1. One who dreams.
  2. Someone whose beliefs are far from realistic.
    • Eighties witches were not the patchouli-dipped, lovebead-wearing, back-to-the-earth dreamers of the seventies. 2015, Jennifer Crusie, Leah Wilson, Totally Charmed: Demons, Whitelighters And the Power of Three, →ISBN:
    • You may say I'm a dreamer/ But I'm not the only one/ I hope someday you'll join us/ And the world will live as one. 1971, John Lennon, “Imagine”:
  3. Any anglerfish of the family Oneirodidae.
  4. A swallow-winged puffbird (Chelidoptera tenebrosa)

Forms

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Deriveds

nondreamer · age dreamer · lucid dreamer

Relateds

daydreamer

Translations (138)

sh sanjàrica (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · nl droomster (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · ar حَالِمَة (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · sh са́њалица (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · pt sonhadora (one who dreams) · fi uneksija (one who dreams) · es visionario (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · hu álmodozó (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · fi pääskylaiskuri (swallow-wing puffbird) · it sognatore (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · mk сону́вачка (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · sv drömmare (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · ko 몽상가 (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · lt svajoklis (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · ja 夢想家 (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · sq ëndërrues (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · it sognatrice (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · be мро́йца (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · be летуце́ннік (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · sq ëndërruese (one who dreams) · fi haaveilija (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · sl sanjač (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · nl droomster (one who dreams) · es soñadora (one who dreams) · be летуце́нніца (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · ca somiador (one who dreams) · be мро́йніца (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · hy ցնորամոլ (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · de Schwärmer (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · ka მეოცნებე (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · fa خیالباف (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · nrf rêveux (one who dreams) · tg хаёлпараст (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · fr rêveuse (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · it sognatore (one who dreams) · bg мечта́тел (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · ar حَالِم (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · sh sánjalica (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · el ονειροπόλος (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · yao jwakusagamila class 1 (one who dreams) · la somniator (one who dreams) · tr hayalci (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · de Fantast (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · es soñador (one who dreams) · kk арманшыл (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · pt visionária (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · et unistaja (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · kk қиялшыл (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · ru мечта́тельница (one who dreams) · ar حَالِم (one who dreams) · cs snící (one who dreams) · cy breuddwydiwr (one who dreams) · pl marzycielka (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · pl marzyciel (one who dreams) · uz xayolparast (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · ro visător (one who dreams) · gl soñador (one who dreams) · sq ëndërruese (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · lt svajoklė (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · tg хаёлпарвар (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · ru мечта́тельница (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · hy երազող (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · sq ëndërrues (one who dreams) · az xəyalpərəst (one who dreams) · ru мечта́тель (one who dreams) · lt svajotoja (one who dreams) · cs snílek (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · az xəyalpərəst (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · cmn 夢想家 /梦想家 (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · de Träumer (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · fr rêveuse (one who dreams) · sh сања̀рица (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · cmn 做夢的人 /做梦的人 (one who dreams) · de Fantastin (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · sl sanjáč (one who dreams) · nl dromer (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · ga aislingeach (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · lt svajotojas (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · mk ме́чтател (one who dreams) · lt svajotoja (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · fi haaveilija (one who dreams) · bg мечта́телка (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · uk мрі́йник (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · lt svajotojas (one who dreams) · de Träumerin (one who dreams) · ky кыялчы (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · nn drøymar (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · ro visătoare (one who dreams) · sh са̀ња̄р (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · sl sanjačica (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · pt sonhador (one who dreams) · fi torkkujakrotti (fish of the family Oneirodidae) · pl marzyciel (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · lv sapņotājs (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · be мро́йнік (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · cy breuddwydwraig (one who dreams) · ist sugnadur (one who dreams) · ru фантазёрка (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · fr rêveur (one who dreams) · pt visionário (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · tr hayalperest (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · mk со́нувач (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · nl dromer (one who dreams) · mi waewae-kai-kapua (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · el ονειροπόλος (one who dreams) · sk rojko (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · de Träumer (one who dreams) · pt sonhador (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · ru фантазёр (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · eo revulo (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · pt sonhadora (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · fr barbacou à croupion blanc (swallow-wing puffbird) · ca barbacoll de carpó blanc (swallow-wing puffbird) · sh sànjār (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · nrf songeux (one who dreams) · cmn 空想家 (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · grc ἐνυπνιαστής (one who dreams) · ro visător (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · uk мрі́йниця (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · fa خیال پرور (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · ko 공상가 (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · nb drømmer (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · ru мечта́тель (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · sh са́њалац (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · fa خیال پرست (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · de Träumerin (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · de Schwärmerin (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · es visionaria (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · fr rêveur (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · la somniatrix (one who dreams) · sh sánjalac (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · cs břichatka (fish of the family Oneirodidae) · mk со́нувач (one who dreams) · da drømmer (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · nl zwaluwbaardkoekoek (swallow-wing puffbird) · cs blouznivec (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · ja 空想家 (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic) · ro visătoare (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic)