"wet dream" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-wet dream.ogg Forms: wet dreams [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wet dream (plural wet dreams)
  1. An erotic dream bringing the sleeper to orgasm. Translations (erotic dream): ὀνειρωγμός (oneirōgmós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), 夢遺 (Chinese Mandarin), 梦遗 (mèngyí) (Chinese Mandarin), 遺精 (Chinese Mandarin), 遗精 (yíjīng) (Chinese Mandarin), natte droom (Dutch), nachtejeculatie (Dutch), märkä uni (Finnish), pollution nocturne [feminine] (French), carte de France [feminine] (French), feuchter Traum [masculine] (German), Pollution (english: medical) [feminine] (German), ονείρωξη (oneíroxi) [feminine] (Greek), स्वप्नदोष (svapnadoṣ) (Hindi), mimpi basah (Indonesian), polluzione (Italian), 夢精 (musei) (Japanese), 몽정 (mongjeong) (Korean), moetoa (Maori), mokry sen [masculine] (Polish), sonho molhado [masculine] (Portuguese), поллю́ция (polljúcija) [feminine] (Russian), sueño húmedo [masculine] (Spanish), sueño mojado [masculine] (Spanish), ıslak rüya (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-wet_dream-en-noun-xHH-pOjL Disambiguation of 'erotic dream': 77 23 0
  2. (idiomatic) The orgasm in such a dream. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: wetdream [nonstandard, rare]
    Sense id: en-wet_dream-en-noun-7EZf2hc4
  3. (idiomatic, by extension) An exciting fantasy; a very appealing, ideal thing, person, or state of affairs. Tags: broadly, idiomatic Translations (greatly desired fantasy): 幻想 (huànxiǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), 意淫 (yìyín) (Chinese Mandarin), natte droom (Dutch), märkä uni (Finnish), feuchter Traum [masculine] (German), ονείρωξη (oneíroxi) [feminine] (Greek), сексуа́льная фанта́зия (sɛksuálʹnaja fantázija) [feminine] (Russian), эроти́ческий сон (erotíčeskij son) [masculine] (Russian), мо́крый сон (mókryj son) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-wet_dream-en-noun-cV5sCBaE Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 9 6 36 40 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 5 3 46 39 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 5 3 44 42 7 Disambiguation of 'greatly desired fantasy': 2 0 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (ejaculation): night emission, nocturnal emission
Disambiguation of 'ejaculation': 30 0 70

Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-wet dream.ogg Forms: wet dreams [present, singular, third-person], wet dreaming [participle, present], wet dreamed [participle, past], wet dreamed [past], wet dreamt [participle, past], wet dreamt [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=wet dreamt}} wet dream (third-person singular simple present wet dreams, present participle wet dreaming, simple past and past participle wet dreamed or wet dreamt)
  1. (intransitive) To produce fluids from the sex organs as a result of sexual arousal during sleep; to have an erotic dream; (figurative) to fantasize (about something, especially in a sexual way). Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Sleep
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  2. (transitive) To have an erotic dream about (someone or something); (figurative) to fantasize about (someone or something) sexually. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-wet_dream-en-verb-tWEeLhyC

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "note": "ܚܠܸܡ ܕܙܘܼܘܵܓ݂ܵܐ m (ḥəlem dəzuwwāḡā, literally “dream of coupling”)",
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      "english": "medical",
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      "sense": "erotic dream",
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      "word": "幻想"
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