See pipe dream on Wiktionary
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{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work",
"word": "lugkasteel"
},
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work",
"word": "wensdroom"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "anirakanali erazankʻ",
"sense": "desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work",
"word": "անիրականալի երազանք"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "cʻnorkʻ",
"sense": "desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work",
"word": "ցնորք"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "buş",
"sense": "desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work",
"word": "буш хыял"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prazna nadežda",
"sense": "desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "празна надежда"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vǎzdušna mečta",
"sense": "desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work",
"word": "въздушна мечта"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "entelèquia"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wàngxiǎng",
"sense": "desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work",
"word": "妄想"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chūnqiūdàmèng",
"sense": "desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work",
"word": "春秋大夢 /春秋大梦"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "vzdušné zámky"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "luftkastel"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "ønskedrøm"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "luchtkasteel"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wensdroom"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work",
"word": "aerkastelo"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work",
"word": "ĥimero"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work",
"word": "pilvilinna"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chimère"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rêve chimérique"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Luftschloss"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Schnapsidee"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Wunschtraum"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "oneirofantasía",
"sense": "desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ονειροφαντασία"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "oneiropólēsē",
"sense": "desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ὀνειροπόληση"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"note": "חלומות באספמיה m pl (ḥalomót be aspámya, literally “dreaming of Spain”)",
"sense": "desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"note": "מִגְדָּל פּוֹרֵחַ בָּאֲוִיר m (migdál poréaḥ baavír, literally “tower flying in the air”)",
"sense": "desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work",
"word": "ábránd"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work",
"word": "légvár"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work",
"word": "vágyálom"
},
{
"alt": "ゆめものがたり",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yumemonogatari",
"sense": "desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work",
"word": "夢物語"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work",
"word": "waitara"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "luftslott"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ønskedrøm"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "marzenie ściętej głowy"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "miraż"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mrzonka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "quimera"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "несбы́точная мечта́ f (nesbýtočnaja mečtá, literally “unrealizable dream”)",
"sense": "desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "возду́шные за́мки m pl (vozdúšnyje zámki, literally “castles in the air”)",
"sense": "desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "castillo en el aire"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "entelequia"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "quimera"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work",
"word": "sueño guajiro"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "luftslott"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work",
"word": "önskedröm"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work",
"word": "boş hayal"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work",
"word": "hülya"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "breuddwyd gwrach"
}
],
"word": "pipe dream"
}
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