might

Signification

Noun

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

Adj

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

Verb

1. simple past of may
2. simple past of may
3. Used to indicate conditional or possible actions.
4. Used to admit something before making a more accurate or important statement.
5. Used in polite requests for permission.
6. Used to express certainty.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/maɪt/

Étymologie

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.

A peasant occupying or working a bovate might be known as a 'bovater.

Un paysan occupant ou travaillant un bovate pourrait être connu comme un «bovater».