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perhaps
- /pəˈhæps/ UK
- /pəˈɹæps/ UK
- /ˈpɹæps/ UK
- /pɚˈhæps/ US
- /ˈpɹæps/ US, uncommon
Rhymes with -æps
Where it comes from
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).
adverb perhap
- Possibly. Perhaps John will come over for dinner.
- By chance. […] will live until he dies perhaps, and then lie down in clover.
Similar: bechance, belike, maybe, mayhap, mayhaps, peradventure, perchance
noun perhapses · perhap
- An uncertainty. I cannot conceive what atheism, or skepticism, or positivism could do for me now, with their negations, and endless and contradictory perhapses, and perhapses, and perhapses.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: perchance, maybe, peradventure, possibly, doubt, not, doubtless, surely, undoubtedly, apparently, obviously, evidently, certainly, sometimes, mayhap, could
Translations
Every language
adv indicating a lack of certainty
| Español | acaso, quizá, quizás, tal vez, talvez, capaz (que) |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 아마 ama, 아마도 amado, 어쩌면 eojjeomyeon |
| 日本語 | 多分 tabun, 若しや moshiya, …かもしれない ...kamo shirenai, …でしょう deshō, 恐らく osoraku, もしかして moshikasite |
| 中文 | 也許 /也许 yěxǔ, 或許 /或许 huòxǔ, 或是 huòshì, 可能 kěnéng |
| हिन्दी | कदाचित kadācit, शायद śāyad, कदाचित् kadācit |
| Kiswahili | huenda, pingine |
| Português | talvez |
| Français | peut-être, possiblement |
| Deutsch | vielleicht, wohl |
| Italiano | forse |
| Ελληνικά | ίσως ísos, μάλλον mállon, ενδεχομένως endechoménos, μήπως mípos |
| Română | poate, posibil |
| Русский | возмо́жно vozmóžno, мо́жет быть móžet bytʹ, мо́жет móžet, наве́рное navérnoje |
| Tiếng Việt | có lẽ, có thể |
| العربية | رُبَّمَا rubbamā, مِن اَلْمُمْكِن min al-mumkin, لَعَلَّ laʕalla |
| עברית | אוּלַי ulái |
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title = {perhaps},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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