Dreamtime

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈdriːmtaɪm/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(drēm′tīm′)


Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Dreamtime /ˈdriːmtaɪm/ n
  1. Also called: alchera /ˈæltʃərə/, alcheringa (in the culture of Australian Aboriginal peoples) a time when ancestral spirits created the land and the creatures within it
  2. Austral informal any remote period, out of touch with the actualities of the present
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
dream•time  (drēm′tīm′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Physical Anthropology, Anthropologythe ancient time of the creation of all things by sacred ancestors, whose spirits continue into the present, as conceived in the mythology of the Australian Aborigines. Also called alcheringa, the dreaming. 
  • dream + time 1905–10

'Dreamtime' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
alcheringa

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