dreamcatcher

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noun

A decorative Native American object in the form of a hoop and net with attachments such as feathers, traditionally believed by the Ojibwa to “filter out” bad dreams.

OriginEnglish catcher ← Middle English cacchen ← Anglo-Norman cachier →
Less commonScrabble 22
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Meanings

noundreamcatcher (plural dreamcatchers)

plural dreamcatchers · alternative dream catcher

  1. A decorative Native American object in the form of a hoop and net with attachments such as feathers, traditionally believed by the Ojibwa to “filter out” bad dreams.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰrewgʰ-
  2. Proto-Germanic*draumaz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*draum
  4. Old Englishdrēam
  5. Middle Englishdrem
  6. Englishdream
  7. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
  9. Proto-Indo-European*kaptós
  10. Proto-Italic*kaptos
  11. Latincaptus
  12. Vulgar Latin*captiāre
  13. Old Frenchchacier
  14. Anglo-Normancachier
  15. Middle Englishcacchen
  16. Englishcatch
  17. Englishcatcher
  18. Englishdreamcatcher

From dream + catcher.

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Translations

Afrikaans droomvanger
  • droomvangerdecorative Native American object
Arabic مُلاحِق الأَحْلَام
  • مُلاحِق الأَحْلَام (mulāḥiq al-ʔaḥlām)decorative Native American object
Bengali ড্রিমক্যাচার, ড্রিম ক্যাচার
  • ড্রিমক্যাচার (ḍrimokkacar)decorative Native American object
  • ড্রিম ক্যাচার (ḍrim kêcar)decorative Native American object
Bulgarian ловец на сънища
  • ловец на сънища (lovec na săništa)decorative Native American object
Catalan atrapa-somnis, caçador de somnis
  • atrapa-somnisdecorative Native American object
  • caçador de somnisdecorative Native American object
Chinese Mandarin 捕夢網 /捕梦网, 夢罟 /梦罟
  • 捕夢網 /捕梦网 (bǔmèngwǎng)decorative Native American object
  • 夢罟 /梦罟 (mènggǔ)decorative Native American object
Czech lapač snů
  • lapač snůdecorative Native American object
Danish drømmefanger
  • drømmefangerdecorative Native American object
Dutch dromenvanger
  • dromenvangerdecorative Native American object
Esperanto sonĝkaptilo
  • sonĝkaptilodecorative Native American object
Estonian unenäopüüdja
  • unenäopüüdjadecorative Native American object
Finnish unisieppari
  • unisiepparidecorative Native American object
French capteur de rêves, attrapeur de rêves
  • capteur de rêvesdecorative Native American object
  • attrapeur de rêvesdecorative Native American object
  • attrape-rêvesdecorative Native American object
German Traumfänger
  • Traumfängerdecorative Native American object
Greek ονειροπαγίδα
  • ονειροπαγίδα (oneiropagída)decorative Native American object
Hebrew לוֹכֵד חֲלוֹמוֹת
  • לוֹכֵד חֲלוֹמוֹת (lóked khalomót)decorative Native American object
Hindi ड्रीमकैचर
  • ड्रीमकैचर (ḍrīmkaicar)decorative Native American object
Hungarian álomfogó, álomcsapda
  • álomfogódecorative Native American object
  • álomcsapdadecorative Native American object
Indonesian peraih mimpi
  • peraih mimpidecorative Native American object
Italian acchiappasogni
  • acchiappasognidecorative Native American object
Japanese ドリームキャッチャー
  • ドリームキャッチャー (dorīmukyatchā)decorative Native American object
Korean 드림캐처
  • 드림캐처 (deurimkaecheo)decorative Native American object
Lithuanian sapnų gaudyklė
  • sapnų gaudyklėdecorative Native American object
Norwegian Bokmål drømmefanger
  • drømmefangerdecorative Native American object
Persian کابوسگیر
  • کابوسگیر (kâbus-gir)decorative Native American object
Polish łapacz snów
  • łapacz snówdecorative Native American object
Portuguese apanhador de sonhos, filtro dos sonhos
  • apanhador de sonhosdecorative Native American object
  • filtro dos sonhosdecorative Native American object
Romanian prinzător de vise
  • prinzător de visedecorative Native American object
Russian лове́ц снов
  • лове́ц снов (lovéc snov)decorative Native American object
Slovak lapač snov
  • lapač snovdecorative Native American object
Spanish atrapasueños, cazador de sueños
  • atrapasueñosdecorative Native American object
  • cazador de sueñosdecorative Native American object
Swedish drömfångare
  • drömfångaredecorative Native American object
Turkish düşkapanı, rüya yakalayan
  • düşkapanıdecorative Native American object
  • rüya yakalayandecorative Native American object
  • rüya avcısıdecorative Native American object
Ukrainian лове́ць снів, вло́влювач снів
  • лове́ць снів (lovécʹ sniv)decorative Native American object
  • вло́влювач снів (vlóvljuvač sniv)decorative Native American object
Urdu خواب پکڑ, ڈریم کیچر
  • خواب پکڑdecorative Native American object
  • ڈریم کیچرdecorative Native American object
Vietnamese lưới bắt giữ giấc mơ, lưới giấc mơ
  • lưới bắt giữ giấc mơdecorative Native American object
  • lưới giấc mơdecorative Native American object
Cite this entry
APA

dreamcatcher. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dreamcatcher

MLA

“dreamcatcher.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dreamcatcher. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dreamcatcher,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dreamcatcher.

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