might

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Power, strength, force, or influence held by a person or group.
2. (uncountable) Physical strength or force.
3. (uncountable) The ability to do something.

Adj

1. (obsolete) Mighty; powerful.
2. (obsolete) Possible.

Verb

1. (auxiliary, form-of, no-past-participle, no-present-participle, past) simple past of may
2. (auxiliary, no-past-participle, no-present-participle) simple past of may
3. (auxiliary, no-past-participle, no-present-participle) Used to indicate conditional or possible actions; would perhaps/maybe.
4. (auxiliary, no-past-participle, no-present-participle) Used concessively to admit something before making a more accurate or important statement; although
5. (auxiliary, no-past-participle, no-present-participle) Used in polite requests for permission.
6. (UK, auxiliary, no-past-participle, no-present-participle) Used to express certainty.

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Concepts

force

puissance

pouvoir

vigueur

énergie

peut-être

force musculaire

force physique

forces

ça se pourrait

risquer de

déjà

verbe modal

modal

possible

règne

vitalité

être possible

Synonymes

power

strength

force

energy

may

authority

vigour

potency

influence

could

perhaps

would

vigor

hypothetical

possibly

may be

mightiness

should

maybe

stamina

greatness

robustness

physical strength

capability

sturdiness

can

course

potential

probably

prowess

puissance

capacity

if

shall

spring

ability

effort

bound

valour

will

momentum

brawn

control

toughness

vigorousness

vim

virtue

wealth

will do

spicery

Traductions

potere

poder

Macht

forza

Kraft

δύναμη

macht

fuerza

potenza

potentia

kracht

Stärke

vis vires

Einfluss

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/maɪt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: myght

Hérité de ancien anglais: miht

Appartenant à écossais: micht

Appartenant à frison septentrional: macht

Appartenant à frison occidental: macht

Appartenant à néerlandais: macht

Appartenant à allemand: Macht

Appartenant à suédois: makt

Appartenant à norvégien: makt

Appartenant à islandais: máttur

Appartenant à gotique: 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃

Appartenant à russe: мочь

Appartenant à ukrainien: міч

Appartenant à bulgare: мощ

Appartenant à serbo-croate: moć

Appartenant à tchèque: moc

Appartenant à polonais: moc

Hérité de ancien anglais: meahte

In summary

From Middle English myght, might (also maught, macht, maht), from Old English miht, mieht, meaht, mæht (“might, bodily strength, power, authority, ability, virtue, mighty work, miracle, angel”), from Proto-West Germanic *mahti, from Proto-Germanic *mahtiz, *mahtuz (“might, power”), from Proto-Indo-European *mógʰtis, *megʰ- (“to allow, be able, help”), corresponding to Germanic *maganą + *-þiz. Equivalent to may + -th.
Cognate with Scots micht, maucht (“might”), North Frisian macht (“might, ability”), West Frisian macht (“might, ability”), Dutch macht (“might, power”), German Macht (“power, might”), Swedish makt (“might”), Norwegian makt (“power”), Icelandic máttur (“might”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (mahts), and further to Russian мочь (močʹ, “power, might”) and мощь (moščʹ, “force, strength”), Ukrainian міч (mič) and міць (micʹ, “power”), Bulgarian мощ (mošt, “power, might”), Serbo-Croatian moć (“power”), Czech moc (“power”), Polish moc (“power”). See more at may.

Phrases

That is what I thought as well , but it might not be true .

C'est ce que je pensais aussi, mais ce n'est peut-être pas vrai.

Thought I might be hearing from you .

There might be secret messages in this text .

Il peut y avoir des messages secrets dans ce texte.

He had found where his treasure was , and was frightened at what might happen .

Il avait trouvé où se trouvait son trésor et avait peur de ce qui pourrait arriver.

Had our instruments permitted it , we might have been able to see the trouble way back when .

Si nos instruments l'avaient autorisé, nous aurions pu voir les problèmes de retour quand.

Barthou might have survived , but did not , apparently because of inadequate medical attention .