Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dreamt

/dɹɛmt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.33 in modern English

Syllables: dreamt
IPA: /dɹɛmt/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of dream

adj

Imagined or only extant in a dream or dreams.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Germanic *draumaz Proto-West Germanic *draum Old English drēam Middle English drem English dream English -t English dreamt From dream + -t.

Inflected Forms

dreamed (alternative)

Derived Forms

undreamt

Rhymes With

tempt verklempt

Questions

How do you pronounce dreamt?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɹɛmt/.
What does dreamt mean?: simple past and past participle of dream
Where does dreamt come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Germanic *draumaz Proto-West Germanic *draum Old English drēam Middle English drem English dream English -t English dreamt From dream + -t.

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