Pipe dream: translate English

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pipe dream:
- fantaisie; imagination; fantasme; chimère; illusion; fiction; figuration; lubie; hallucination; idéal; rêve d'avenir; rêve éveillé
Wiktionary:
- pipe dream → rêve chimérique, chimère
- pipe dream → château en Espagne

English

Detailed Translations for pipe dream from English to French

pipe dream:

pipe dream [the ~] noun

the pipe dream (illusion; imagination; fantasy; figment of the imagination; fabrication; phantasy)
la fantaisie; l'imagination; le fantasme; la chimère; l'illusion; la fiction; la figuration; la lubie; l'hallucination
- fantaisie [la ~] noun
- imagination [la ~] noun
- fantasme [le ~] noun
- chimère [la ~] noun
- illusion [la ~] noun
- fiction [la ~] noun
- figuration [la ~] noun
- lubie [la ~] noun
- hallucination [la ~] noun
the pipe dream (castle in the air)
la chimère; l'idéal
- chimère [la ~] noun
- idéal [le ~] noun
the pipe dream (castle in the air)
le rêve d'avenir
- rêve d'avenir [le ~] noun
the pipe dream (daydream; reverie)
le rêve éveillé
- rêve éveillé [le ~] noun

Translation Matrix for pipe dream:

Noun	Related Translations	Other 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
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
idéal		fancied; fictitious; ideal; idealistic; illusive; illusory; imaginary

Synonyms for "pipe dream":

dream; fantasy; phantasy

Related Definitions for "pipe dream":

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

near impossibility
- pipe dream → rêve chimérique; chimère

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• pipe dream	→ château en Espagne	↔ Luftschloss — etwas, das man sich wünschen oder erträumen, das aber nicht oder nur schwer zu realisieren ist