rêve
French
Etymology
17th century, deverbal from rêver (“to dream”).
Pronunciation
- (Europe) IPA(key): /ʁɛv/
- (Canada) IPA(key): /ʁaɛ̯v/, (popular) /ʁaɪ̯v/
Audio (Paris): (file) Audio (Canada, popular): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛv
- Homophones: rêves, rave
Noun
rêve 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
Related terms
Verb
rêve
- inflection of rêver:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “rêve”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.