rêve
French
Etymology
First known attestation 1674, from rêver (“to dream”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁɛv/
Audio (France, Paris): (file) Audio (CAN), popular [ʁaɛ̯v]: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛv
- Homophone: rêves
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 [...]
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Derived terms
Related terms
Verb
rêve
- first-person singular present indicative of rêver
- third-person singular present indicative of rêver
- first-person singular present subjunctive of rêver
- third-person singular present subjunctive of rêver
- second-person singular imperative of rêver
Further reading
- “rêve”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.