dreamt

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/dɹɛm(p)t/

adjective

Imagined or only extant in a dream or dreams.

OriginEnglish dream ← Middle English drem ← Old English drēam →
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Meanings

verb

alternative dreamed

  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of dream
adjectivedreamt (not comparable)

alternative dreamed

  1. not comparableImagined or only extant in a dream or 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. Englishdreamt

From dream + -t.

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Translations

French rêvé
  • rêvéimagined or only extant in a dream
German geträumt
  • geträumtimagined or only extant in a dream
Japanese 夢見た
  • 夢見た (yume mita)imagined or only extant in a dream

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with dreamt

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Cite this entry
APA

dreamt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dreamt

MLA

“dreamt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dreamt. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dreamt,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dreamt.

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