dreamworld en · NOUN
Etymology
From dream + world. Compare West Frisian dreamwrâld (“dreamworld”), Dutch droomwereld, dromenwereld (“dreamworld”), German Traumwelt (“dreamworld”), Danish drømmeverden (“dreamworld”), Swedish drömvärld (“dreamworld”).
Meanings
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An imaginary world, such as experienced while dreaming.
At midnight they left the air-conditioned dream-world and entered the oven of the street.
1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 358:
- Synonym of dreamland (“ideal but unrealistic fantasy world”).
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dream-world | alternative | lexicographic | |
| dream world | alternative | lexicographic | |
| dreamworlds | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
dreamland · fantasy land · cloudland · dreamscape · fairyland · neverland
Synonyms
Translations (18)
ko 꿈나라 (an imaginary world) · es mundo de los sueños (an imaginary world) · fi unimaailma (an imaginary world) · tr düşler alemi (an imaginary world) · nn draumeverd (an imaginary world) · cmn 梦境 (an imaginary world) · la mundus imaginarius (an imaginary world) · nl droomwereld (an imaginary world) · de Traumwelt (an imaginary world) · la mundus sonialis (an imaginary world) · hu álomvilág (an imaginary world) · pl kraina marzeń (an imaginary world) · nn draumverd (an imaginary world) · nb drømmeverden (an imaginary world) · fi unten maa (an imaginary world) · da drømmeverden (an imaginary world) · sv drömvärld (an imaginary world) · fi haavemaailma (an imaginary world)