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10 Language-to-English DictionariesDreamlike
/ˈdriːm.laɪk/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Resembling a dream; having an unreal, surreal, or illusory quality.
"Walking through the misty morning mountains felt a distinctly dreamlike experience." - 2
Suggesting a state of detached consciousness, fantasy, or hallucinatory perception.
"She moved through the crowded room in a dreamlike daze, barely recognizing her surroundings."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Old English 'drēam' (meaning joy, music, or illusion) combined with the suffix '-like', which stems from Germanic roots denoting similarity or likeness. Over centuries, the noun 'dream' evolved from denoting visions during sleep to conceptualizing fantastical or surreal states, leading to the formation of 'dreamlike' in the 19th century to describe phenomena possessing an ethereal, unreal quality.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Dreamlike" is said worldwide
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onirique
Transliteration: /ɔ.ni.ʁik/
"Les peintures de cet artiste ont une atmosphère onirique."
traumhaft
Transliteration: /ˈtʁaʊmhaft/
"Der Spaziergang im Nebel hatte eine traumhafte Atmosphäre."
onirico
Transliteration: /oˈni.ri.ko/
"Il film è caratterizzato da un'atmosfera surreale e onirica."
onírico
Transliteration: /oˈni.ɾi.ko/
"El paisaje tenía una cualidad onírica bajo la luz de la luna."
onírico
Transliteration: /oˈni.ɾi.ku/
"A narrativa do livro possui um tom onírico e fascinante."
स्वप्निल
Transliteration: swapnil
"सुबह की धुंध में यह दृश्य बहुत स्वप्निल लग रहा था।"
如梦般的
Transliteration: rú mèng bān de
"他们在那个如梦般的岛屿度过了假期。"
꿈같은
Transliteration: kkum-gateun
"안개 낀 아침 풍경이 꿈같은 분위기를 자아냈다."
夢のような
Transliteration: yume no yō na
"その美しい景色はまるで夢のようだった。"
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