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English and Dutch Translation Search Results for pipe dream

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pipe dream:
- fantasie; verbeelding; wensdroom; toekomstdroom; dagdroom
Wiktionary:
- pipe dream → luchtkasteel

English

Detailed Translations for pipe dream from English to Dutch

pipe dream:

pipe dream [the ~] noun

the pipe dream (illusion; imagination; fantasy; figment of the imagination; fabrication; phantasy)
de fantasie; de verbeelding
- fantasie [de ~ (v)] noun
- verbeelding [de ~ (v)] noun
the pipe dream (castle in the air)
de wensdroom
- wensdroom [de ~ (m)] noun
the pipe dream (castle in the air)
de toekomstdroom
- toekomstdroom [de ~ (m)] noun
the pipe dream (daydream; reverie)
de dagdroom
- dagdroom [de ~ (m)] noun

Translation Matrix for pipe dream:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
dagdroom	daydream; pipe dream; reverie
fantasie	fabrication; fantasy; figment of the imagination; illusion; imagination; phantasy; pipe dream
toekomstdroom	castle in the air; pipe dream
verbeelding	fabrication; fantasy; figment of the imagination; illusion; imagination; phantasy; pipe dream
wensdroom	castle in the air; pipe dream
-	dream

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 → luchtkasteel

Related Translations for pipe dream

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