perhaps
English dictionary entry
Meanings
adv
- Possibly.
- By chance.
noun
- An uncertainty.
Pronunciation
/pəˈhæps/
/pəˈɹæps/
/ˈpɹæps/
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/pɚˈhæps/
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Word forms
perhaps
perhap
perhapses
Etymology
From Middle English perhappes, perhappous, variant of earlier perhap (“perhaps, possibly”), equivalent to per + hap (“chance, coincidence”) + -s, on model of Middle English parchaunce (modern perchance).
Translations
Albanian: ndoshta
Arabic: رُبَّمَا
Arabic: مِن اَلْمُمْكِن
Arabic: لَعَلَّ
Arabic: يمكن
Arabic: بلكن
Arabic: بلكي
Arabic: بركي
Arabic: بجوز
Arabic: ممكن
Arabic: احتمال
Armenian: միգուցե
Azerbaijani: bəlkə
Bashkir: бәлки
Bashkir: мөмкин
Bashkir: ихтимал
Basque: beherbada
Belarusian: мо́жа быць
Belarusian: магчы́ма
Belarusian: мо́жа
Belarusian: ма́быць
Belarusian: мо
Central Bikol: tibaad
Breton: marteze
Bulgarian: мо́же би
Catalan: potser
Catalan: tal vegada
Catalan: possiblement
Cherokee: ᎠᏎᏱᎩ
Cherokee: ᎠᏎᏛ
Chinese Mandarin: 也許 /也许
Chinese Mandarin: 或許 /或许
Chinese Mandarin: 或是
Chinese Mandarin: 可能
Ngazidja Comorian: amɓesee
Coptic: ⲁⲣⲏⲩ
Corsican: forse
Czech: možná
Czech: snad
Danish: måske
Dutch: misschien
Dutch: wellicht
Esperanto: eble
Estonian: ehk
Estonian: järsku
Estonian: vahest
Estonian: võib-olla
Estonian: võibolla
Estonian: äkki
Faroese: kanska
Finnish: ehkä
Finnish: mahdollisesti
Finnish: kenties
French: peut-être
French: possiblement
Friulian: forsit
Galician: se cadra
Galician: tal vez
Galician: quizais
Galician: cecais
Galician: quizaves
Galician: seica
Gallo: ventieil'
Georgian: შესაძლოა
Georgian: ეგებ
Georgian: იქნებ
German: vielleicht
German: wohl
Greek: ίσως
Greek: μάλλον
Greek: ενδεχομένως
Greek: μήπως
Ancient Greek: ἴσως
Gujarati: કદાચ
Hausa: yiwu
Hausa: iya
Hawaiian: paha
Hawaiian: malia
Hebrew: אוּלַי
Hindi: कदाचित
Hindi: शायद
Hindi: कदाचित्
Hungarian: talán
Icelandic: kannski
Ido: forsan
Indonesian: mungkin
Indonesian: barangkali
Indonesian: mungkin saja
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