rêve
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Middle French rêve m (first known attestation 1674), from rêver (“to dream”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ʁɛv/
Audio (Paris): (file) Audio (Canada, popular); [ʁaɛ̯v]: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛv
- Homophones: rêves, rave
Noun
editrêve m (plural rêves)
- dream
- Synonym: (literary) songe
- 1996, Noir Désir, À ton étoile
- Tu peux cracher même rire et tu le dois à ton étoile, à Marcos, à la joie, à la beauté des rêves, à la mélancolie, à l’espoir qui nous tient […]
- You can even spit out a laugh and you owe it to your star, to Marcos, to joy, to the beauty of dreams, to sadness, to the hope that we hold […]
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editVerb
editrêve
- inflection of rêver:
Further reading
edit- “rêve”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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