dreamer

See also: DREAMer and Dreamer

English

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”).

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdɹimɚ/, [d͡ʒɹimɚ]
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdɹiːmə/
Audio (UK) (file)
Rhymes: -iːmə(ɹ)

Noun

dreamer (plural dreamers)

One who dreams.
Someone whose beliefs are far from realistic.
- 1971, John Lennon (lyrics and music), “Imagine”:
  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.
Any anglerfish of the family Oneirodidae.
swallow-wing puffbird (Chelidoptera tenebrosa)

Related terms

daydreamer

Translations

one who dreams

Albanian: ëndërrues (sq) m, ëndërruese f
Arabic: حَالِم‎ m (ḥālim)
Azerbaijani: xəyalpərəst
Catalan: somiador m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 做夢的人／做梦的人 (zuòmèng de rén)
Czech: snící m
Finnish: haaveilija (fi), uneksija (fi)
French: rêveur (fr) m, rêveuse (fr) f
Galician: soñador m
German: Träumer (de) m, Träumerin (de) f
Greek: ονειροπόλος (el) m (oneiropólos)
Istriot: sugnadur m
Italian: sognatore (it) m
Latin: somniator m, somniatrix f
Lithuanian: svajotojas m, svajotoja f
Norman: rêveux m, songeux m
Polish: marzyciel (pl) m
Portuguese: sonhador (pt) m
Romanian: visător (ro) m, visătoare (ro) f
Russian: мечта́тель (ru) m (mečtátelʹ), мечта́тельница (ru) f (mečtátelʹnica)
Slovene: sanjáč m
Spanish: soñador (es) m, soñadora (es) f
Welsh: breuddwydiwr m, breuddwydwraig f

someone whose beliefs are far from realistic

Albanian: ëndërrues (sq) m, ëndërruese f
Arabic: حَالِم‎‎ m (ḥālim), حَالِمَة‎ f (ḥālima)
Armenian: երազող (hy) (erazoł), ցնորամոլ (hy) (cʿnoramol)
Azerbaijani: xəyalpərəst
Belarusian: мро́йнік m (mrójnik), мро́йніца f (mrójnica), мро́йца m (mrójca), летуце́ннік m (ljetucjénnik), летуце́нніца f (ljetucjénnica)
Bulgarian: мечта́тел (bg) m (mečtátel), мечта́телка f (mečtátelka)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 空想家 (zh) (kōngxiǎngjiā), 夢想家／梦想家 (zh) (mèngxiǎngjiā)
Czech: snílek m, blouznivec m
Danish: drømmer c
Dutch: dromer (nl) m
Estonian: unistaja (et)
Finnish: haaveilija (fi)
French: rêveur (fr) m, rêveuse (fr) f
Georgian: მეოცნებე (meocnebe)
German: Träumer (de) m, Träumerin (de) f, Schwärmer (de) m, Schwärmerin (de) f, Fantast (de) m, Fantastin (de) f
Greek: ονειροπόλος (el) m (oneiropólos)
Hungarian: álmodozó (hu)
Irish: aislingeach m
Italian: sognatore (it) m, sognatrice (it) f
Japanese: 夢想家 (むそうか, musōka), 空想家 (くうそうか, kūsōka)
Kazakh: арманшыл (armanşyl), қиялшыл (qiälşyl)
Korean: 몽상가(夢想家) (ko) (mongsangga), 공상가(空想家) (gongsangga)
Kyrgyz: кыялчы (kıyalçı)
Latvian: sapņotājs m
Lithuanian: svajoklis m, svajoklė f, svajotojas m, svajotoja f
Macedonian: сонувач m (sonuvač), сонувачка f (sonuvačka)
Maori: waewae-kai-kapua
Norwegian:
Bokmål: drømmer m
Nynorsk: drøymar m
Persian: خیالباف‎ (fa) (xayâlbâf), خیال پرست‎ (xayâl parast), خیال پرور‎ (xayâl parvar)
Polish: marzyciel (pl) m, marzycielka (pl) f
Portuguese: sonhador (pt) m, sonhadora f, visionário (pt) m, visionária f
Romanian: visător (ro) m, visătoare (ro) f
Russian: мечта́тель (ru) m (mečtátelʹ), мечта́тельница (ru) f (mečtátelʹnica), фантазёр (ru) m (fantazjór), фантазёрка (ru) f (fantazjórka)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: са̀ња̄р m, сања̀рица f, са́њалац m, са́њалица f
Roman: sànjār (sh) m, sanjàrica (sh) f, sánjalac (sh) m, sánjalica (sh) f
Slovak: rojko m
Slovene: sanjač m, sanjačica f
Spanish: visionario (es) m, visionaria (es) f
Swedish: drömmare (sv) c
Tajik: хаёлпарвар (xayolparvar), хаёлпараст (xayolparast)
Turkish: hayalperest (tr), hayalci (tr)
Ukrainian: мрі́йник (uk) m (mríjnyk), мрі́йниця f (mríjnycja)
Uzbek: xayolparast (uz)

fish of the family Oneirodidae

Czech: břichatka (cs) f
Finnish: torkkujakrotti

swallow-wing puffbird

Finnish: pääskylaiskuri (fi)

ladybird — see ladybird

Anagrams

rearmed, redream