dream

rêve

Images, émotions et événements qui apparaissent dans l’esprit pendant le sommeil.

En anglais simple : Pictures, feelings, and events that appear in your mind while you are asleep.

• I had a strange dream.
• She woke up from a frightening dream.
• Do you remember your dreams?

Comment l'utiliser : dream about someone/something (I had a dream about my old school.)

Expressions courantes : have a dream, bad dream, strange dream, vivid dream

rêve, aspiration

Quelque chose qu’on désire très fortement avoir, faire ou accomplir.

En anglais simple : Something you very much want to have, do, or achieve.

• My dream is to travel.
• He finally achieved his childhood dream.
• Their dreams of a better life kept them going.

Comment l'utiliser : dream of doing something (Her dream of opening a café finally came true.)

Synonymes : ambition, hope, wish

Expressions courantes : childhood dream, dream come true, achieve a dream

chimère, rêve

Situation ou projet imaginé qui a peu de chances de se réaliser.

En anglais simple : An imagined situation or plan that is unlikely to become real.

• That plan is just a dream.
• A world without conflict seemed an impossible dream.
• He abandoned his dreams of sudden wealth and found a job.

Synonymes : fantasy, illusion, pipe dream

Contraires : reality

Expressions courantes : impossible dream, idle dream, live a dream

rêver

Voir des images ou vivre des événements imaginaires dans son esprit pendant le sommeil.

En anglais simple : To experience imagined pictures or events in your mind while you are asleep.

• I dreamed about a cat.
• He dreamt that he was lost in a forest.
• Do you often dream when you sleep?

Comment l'utiliser : dream about/of someone/something (I dreamed about my grandmother last night.); dream that… (She dreamed that she could fly.)

Expressions courantes : dream about someone, dream of something, dream at night

rêver

Imaginer quelque chose qu’on aimerait beaucoup faire ou avoir.

En anglais simple : To imagine something you would very much like to do or have.

• I dream of a bigger home.
• She dreamed of becoming a singer.
• What do you dream about doing one day?

Comment l'utiliser : dream of/about doing something (She dreams of living by the sea.); dream of/about something (He dreams about a better future.)

Synonymes : hope, wish

Expressions courantes : dream of something, dream about something, dream of success

rêvasser

Laisser son esprit vagabonder dans des situations imaginaires agréables tout en étant éveillé.

En anglais simple : To let your mind wander through pleasant imagined situations while you are awake.

• Stop dreaming and listen.
• She sat by the window, dreaming.
• He spent the afternoon dreaming instead of doing his homework.

Synonymes : daydream

Expressions courantes : sit and dream, stop and dream, dream all day