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Detailed Translations for pipe dream from English to French

pipe dream:

pipe dream [the ~] nomen

  1. the pipe dream (illusion; imagination; fantasy; )
    la fantaisie; l'imagination; le fantasme; la chimère; l'illusion; la fiction; la figuration; la lubie; l'hallucination
  2. the pipe dream (castle in the air)
    la chimère; l'idéal
  3. the pipe dream (castle in the air)
    le rêve d'avenir
  4. the pipe dream (daydream; reverie)
    le rêve éveillé

Translation Matrix for pipe dream:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
chimère castle in the air; fabrication; fantasy; figment of the imagination; illusion; imagination; phantasy; pipe dream bogey; chimera; delusion; erroneous idea; fallacy; false hopes; fantasm; fantasy; fata morgana; figment of the imagination; ghost; hallucination; illusion; imaginair bogey; mirage; phantasm; phantasy; phantom; specter; spectre; wrong notion
fantaisie fabrication; fantasy; figment of the imagination; illusion; imagination; phantasy; pipe dream
fantasme fabrication; fantasy; figment of the imagination; illusion; imagination; phantasy; pipe dream bogey; delusion; fallacy; false hopes; fantasm; ghost; illusion; imaginair bogey; phantasm; phantom; specter; spectre; wrong notion
fiction fabrication; fantasy; figment of the imagination; illusion; imagination; phantasy; pipe dream delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; legend; myth; narration; old wive's tale; story; tale
figuration fabrication; fantasy; figment of the imagination; illusion; imagination; phantasy; pipe dream better picture; closer description; depiction; picture; portrayal
hallucination fabrication; fantasy; figment of the imagination; illusion; imagination; phantasy; pipe dream chimera; delusion; erroneous idea; fallacy; fantasm; fantasy; fata morgana; figment of the imagination; hallucination; illusion; mirage; phantasm; phantasy; wrong notion
idéal castle in the air; pipe dream ambition; highest goal
illusion fabrication; fantasy; figment of the imagination; illusion; imagination; phantasy; pipe dream chimera; delusion; erroneous idea; fable; fairytale; fallacy; false hopes; fantasm; fantasy; fata morgana; fib; fiction; figment of the imagination; guise; hallucination; illusion; mirage; old wive's tale; phantasm; phantasy; pretence; pretense; pretext; story; wrong notion
imagination fabrication; fantasy; figment of the imagination; illusion; imagination; phantasy; pipe dream bogey; delusion; fantasm; ghost; hallucination; imaginair bogey; imagination; imaginative power; ingenuity; phantasm; phantom; specter; spectre
lubie fabrication; fantasy; figment of the imagination; illusion; imagination; phantasy; pipe dream hallucination
rêve d'avenir castle in the air; pipe dream
rêve éveillé daydream; pipe dream; reverie castle in the air; dozing; drowsing; napping; pie in the sky; snoozing
- dream
ModifierRelated TranslationsOther Translations
idéal fancied; fictitious; ideal; idealistic; illusive; illusory; imaginary

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Related Definitions for "pipe dream":

  1. a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe)1
    • I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe1

Wiktionary Translations for pipe dream:

pipe dream
noun
  1. near impossibility

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
pipe dream château en Espagne Luftschloss — etwas, das man sich wünschen oder erträumen, das aber nicht oder nur schwer zu realisieren ist

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