perhaps

Signification (Anglais)

Adv

1. Possibly.
2. By chance.

Noun

An uncertainty.

Concepts

peut-être

probablement

éventuellement

peut être

peut-être que

possible

il se peut que

par cas

il se peut

possiblement

peut‐être

éventuel

possiblement

c’est

en grande partie

peut

presque entièrement

sans doute

ça se pourrait

Synonymes

maybe

possibly

probably

perchance

mayhap

may be

may

peradventure

might

or

could be

by some chance

really

possible

if

rather

it seems

sometimes

likely

either

haply

it may be

hopefully

all of a sudden

most likely

just

by some possibility

ablins

likely as not

about

presumably

ablings

suddenly

conceivably

I guess

can be

very likely

not necessarily

it’s possible

hope to

praps

don’t know

per chance

on the chance of

wish to

mayhappen

I'm afraid

as … as possible

only

aiblins

almost

almost all

anyhow

approximate

approximately

at a pinch

because

belike

but

by any chance

by chance

contingent

contingently

could

doubtfully

even

have to

in any case

in case

majority

more or less

nearly

no doubt

possibility

probable

reasonably

seemingly

some

sure

surely

suspiciously

uncertain

what if

I hope not

like as not

Coupé comme

per‧haps

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/pəˈhæps/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: perhappes

In summary

From Middle English perhappes, perhappous, variant of earlier perhap (“perhaps, possibly”), equivalent to per + hap (“chance, coincidence”) + -s.

Phrases

Perhaps she had not come .

Peut-être qu'elle n'était pas venue.

" You will , perhaps , meet me tomorrow in Geneva ," she said .

"Vous me rencontrerez peut-être demain à Genève", a-t-elle déclaré.

Perhaps , we could meet at the institute around noon since I have a few things I need to attend to first .

Peut-être que nous pourrions nous rencontrer à l'institut vers midi, car j'ai quelques choses à laquelle je dois d'abord assister.

The description ends abruptly during the Count's War , perhaps because of Helgesen's death .

La description se termine brusquement pendant la guerre du comte, peut-être à cause de la mort d'Helgesen.