English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Alteration (via plural -s or adverbial -s) of earlier perhap, equivalent to per + hap (“chance, coincidence”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Adverb [edit]
perhaps (not comparable)
- Modifies a verb, indicating a lack of certainty.
- Perhaps John will come over for dinner.
- (rare) By chance.
- "...will live until he dies perhaps, and then lie down in clover." --Landlord, Fill the Flowing Bowl (song)
Synonyms [edit]
Translations [edit]
indicating a lack of certainty
- Albanian: ndoshta (sq)
- Arabic: ربما (ar) (rúbbamā), من الممكن (ar) (min al-múmkin)
- Basque: beherbada (eu)
- Belarusian: можа быць (be) (móža bycʹ) , магчыма (be) (mahčymá) , можа (be) (móža)
- Breton: please add this translation if you can
- Bulgarian: може би (bg) (móže bi)
- Catalan: potser (ca)
- Cherokee: ᎠᏎᏱᎩ (chr) (aseyigi)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 也許 (cmn), 也许 (cmn) (yěxǔ), 或許 (cmn), 或许 (cmn) (huòxǔ), 或是 (cmn) (huòshì), 可能 (cmn) (kěnéng)
- Czech: možná (cs), snad (cs)
- Danish: måske (da)
- Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
- Dutch: misschien (nl), wellicht (nl)
- Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
- Estonian: ehk (et)
- Faroese: kanska (fo)
- Finnish: ehkä (fi)
- French: peut-être (fr)
- Friulian: please add this translation if you can
- Galician: quizá (gl), tal vez (gl), quizais (gl)
- Gallo: ventieil'
- Georgian: შესაძლოა (ka) (šesajloa)
- German: vielleicht (de), wohl (de)
- Greek: ίσως (isos), μάλλον (el) (mállon)
- Ancient: ἴσως
- Guernésiais: p'tête
- Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
- Hausa: please add this translation if you can
- Hawaiian: paha, malia
- Hebrew: אולי (he) (ulái)
- Hindi: शायद (hi) (śāyad)
- Hungarian: talán (hu)
- Ido: please add this translation if you can
- Indonesian: mungkin (id), barangkali (id), jangan-jangan (id)
- Interlingua: please add this translation if you can
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- Interlingue: please add this translation if you can
- Inuktitut: ᐃᒻᒪᖄ (iu) (immaqaa)
- Irish: b'fhéidir (ga)
- Italian: forse (it)
- Japanese: 多分 (ja) (たぶん, tábun), 若しや (ja) (もしや, moshiya), (...) かもしれない (ja) (kamo shirenai), (...) でしょう (ja) (deshō)
- Khmer: ប្រហែល (km) (prɑhael)
- Korean: 아마 (ko) (ama)
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: بهڵکوو, بهشکوم, بهشکوو, ڕهنگه
- Latin: fortasse (la), forsitan (la), fors (la), forsit (la), forte (la), forsan (la), fortassis (la)
- Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
- Norwegian: kanskje (no), muligens (no)
- Old English: please add this translation if you can
- Persian: شاید (fa) (šâyad)
- Polish: może (pl), podobno (pl)
- Portuguese: talvez (pt)
- Romanian: please add this translation if you can
- Russian: возможно (ru) (vosmóžno) , может быть (ru) (móžet bytʹ) , (colloquial) может (ru) (móžet)
- Scottish Gaelic: 's dòcha (gd), 's mathaid (gd)
- Slovak: možno (sk), snáď (sk), môžbyť (sk)
- Slovene: mordà (sl), mogóče (sl)
- Spanish: quizá (es), quizás (es), tal vez (es)
- Swahili: huenda (sw), pingine (sw)
- Swedish: kanske (sv), möjligen (sv) (expressing doubts)
- Talysh:
- Asalemi: شاید (šâyad)
- Taos: yúhi
- Thai: ไม่แน่ (th) (mâi-nâe), บางที (th) (baang tee)
- Turkish: belki, her halde
- Ukrainian: мабуть (uk) (mábutʹ) , може бути (uk) (móže búty) , можливо (uk) (možlývo) , (colloquial) може (uk) (móže)
- Urdu: شاید (ur) (śāyad)
- Vietnamese: có lẽ (vi), có thể (vi)
- Volapük: ba (vo)
- Yiddish: please add this translation if you can
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