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French
Etymology
First known attestation 1674, from rêver (“to dream”).
Pronunciation
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 […]- You can even spit out a laugh and you owe it to your star, to Marcos, to joy, to the beauty of dreams, to sadness, to the hope that we hold
Derived terms
Verb
rêve
- inflection of rêver:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
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