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• mā'bē
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• /ˈmeɪ.bi/
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• [ˈmeɪ̯.bi]
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• Northumbria: /mɛˈbiː/
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• Australian: /ˈmæɪ.bi/
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• Australian: [ˈmæɪ̯.bi]
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• rhymes with -eɪbi
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• CMU ARPABET: M EY1 B IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From an ellipsis of Middle English it may be, equivalent to may + be. Compare mayhap.

310 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: dalk — indicating a lack of certainty
• Afrikaans: miskien — indicating a lack of certainty
• Albanian: ndoshta — indicating a lack of certainty
• Aleut: amustukux̂ — indicating a lack of certainty
• Alviri-Vidari: شاید (šāyed) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Arabic: رُبَّمَا (rubbamā) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Arabic: مِن اَلْمُمْكِن (min al-mumkin) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Arabic: لَعَلَّ (laʕalla) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Arabic: يمكن (yimkin) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Arabic: يمكن (yimkin) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Arabic: بلكن (balkin) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Arabic: يمكن (yimkin) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Arabic: يمكن (yimkin) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Arabic: بلكي (balki) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Arabic: بركي (barki) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Arabic: بجوز (bijūz) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Arabic: ممكن (mumken) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Arabic: احتمال (iħtimāl) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Arabic: يمكن (yimkin) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Arabic: بلكي (balki) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Armenian: միգուցե (migucʻe) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Asturian: quiciabes — indicating a lack of certainty
• Asturian: quiciás — indicating a lack of certainty
• Asturian: seique — indicating a lack of certainty
• Asturian: quiciáis — indicating a lack of certainty
• Asturian: igual — indicating a lack of certainty
• Asturian: escurque — indicating a lack of certainty
• Azerbaijani: bəlkə — indicating a lack of certainty
• Azerbaijani: ola bilsin — indicating a lack of certainty
• Bashkir: бәлки (bəlki) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Bashkir: мөмкин (mömkin) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Bashkir: ихтимал (ixtimal) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Basque: naski — indicating a lack of certainty
• Belarusian: мо́жа быць (móža bycʹ) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Belarusian: магчы́ма (mahčýma) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Belarusian: мо́жа (móža) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Belarusian: ма́быць (mábycʹ) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Belarusian: мо (mo) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Bulgarian: мо́же би (móže bi) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Catalan: potser — indicating a lack of certainty
• Chechen: хила тарло (xila tarlo) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Cherokee: ᎠᏎᏱᎩ (aseyigi) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Cherokee: ᎠᏎᏛ (asedv) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Chinese Cantonese: 或者 (waak6 ze2) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Chinese Cantonese: 有可能 (jau5 ho2 nang4) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Chinese Mandarin: 也許 /也许 (yěxǔ) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Chinese Mandarin: 或許 /或许 (huòxǔ) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Chinese Mandarin: 或是 (huòshì) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Chinese Mandarin: 可能 (kěnéng) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Chinook Jargon: alaxti — indicating a lack of certainty
• Cornish: martesen — indicating a lack of certainty
• Moose-Cree: mâškôc — indicating a lack of certainty
• Plains-Cree: êtikwê — indicating a lack of certainty
• Plains-Cree: mâskôc — indicating a lack of certainty
• Czech: asi — indicating a lack of certainty
• Czech: možná — indicating a lack of certainty
• Danish: måske — indicating a lack of certainty
• Dutch: misschien — indicating a lack of certainty
• Dutch: wellicht — indicating a lack of certainty
• Dutch: mogelijk — indicating a lack of certainty
• Dutch: mogelijkerwijs — indicating a lack of certainty
• Erzya: паряк (paŕak) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Erzya: улема (ulema) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Erzya: кие соды (kije sodï) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Esperanto: eble — indicating a lack of certainty
• Estonian: võib-olla — indicating a lack of certainty
• Estonian: võibolla — indicating a lack of certainty
• Estonian: ehk — indicating a lack of certainty
• Estonian: järsku — indicating a lack of certainty
• Estonian: vahest — indicating a lack of certainty
• Estonian: äkki — indicating a lack of certainty
• Faroese: kanska — indicating a lack of certainty
• Finnish: ehkä — indicating a lack of certainty
• Finnish: jospa — indicating a lack of certainty
• French: peut-être — indicating a lack of certainty
• French: peut-être que — indicating a lack of certainty
• French: il se peut que — indicating a lack of certainty
• North Frisian: flicht — indicating a lack of certainty
• West-Frisian: miskien — indicating a lack of certainty
• Fwe: témà — indicating a lack of certainty
• Galician: cecais — indicating a lack of certainty
• Galician: se cadra — indicating a lack of certainty
• Galician: quizaves — indicating a lack of certainty
• Galician: seica — indicating a lack of certainty
• Galician: quizais — indicating a lack of certainty
• Gallo: ventieil' — indicating a lack of certainty
• Georgian: შესაძლებელია (šesaʒlebelia) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Georgian: შესაძლოა (šesaʒloa) — indicating a lack of certainty
• German: vielleicht — indicating a lack of certainty
• German: möglicherweise — indicating a lack of certainty
• German: womöglich — indicating a lack of certainty
• Greek: ίσως (ísos) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Ancient Greek: ἴσως (ísōs) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Mbya Guarani: xapy'a rei — indicating a lack of certainty
• Hawaiian: paha — indicating a lack of certainty
• Hebrew: אוּלַי (ulái) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Hebrew: יִתָּכֵן (yitakhén) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Hindi: शायद (śāyad) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Hindi: कदाचित् (kadācit) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Hindi: कदाचित (kadācit) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Hungarian: talán — indicating a lack of certainty
• Icelandic: kannski — indicating a lack of certainty
• Icelandic: kannske — indicating a lack of certainty
• Icelandic: máske — indicating a lack of certainty
• Icelandic: máski — indicating a lack of certainty
• Icelandic: ef til vill — indicating a lack of certainty
• Ido: forsan — indicating a lack of certainty
• Indonesian: barangkali — indicating a lack of certainty
• Irish: is dócha — indicating a lack of certainty
• Irish: b'fhéidir — indicating a lack of certainty
• Italian: forse — indicating a lack of certainty
• Italian: magari — indicating a lack of certainty
• Italian: chissà — indicating a lack of certainty
• Japanese: 多分 (tabun) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Japanese: 若しや (moshiya) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Japanese: ...かもしれない (...kamo shirenai) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Japanese: ...でしょう (deshō) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Kaingang: hẽn ri ke mũn — indicating a lack of certainty
• Kazakh: мүмкін (mümkın) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Kazakh: ықтимал (yqtimal) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Kazakh: бәлки (bälki) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Kazakh: бәлкім (bälkım) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Kazakh: шығар (şyğar) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Khmer: ប្រហែល (prɑɑhael) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Korean: 아마 (ama) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Korean: 아마도 (amado) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Korean: 어쩌면 (eojjeomyeon) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Central Kurdish: ڕەنگە (renge) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Central Kurdish: لەوانەیە (lewaneye) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Northern Kurdish: dibe ku — indicating a lack of certainty
• Kyrgyz: балким (balkim) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Kyrgyz: мүмкүн (mümkün) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Ladino: puedeser — indicating a lack of certainty
• Lao: ບາງທີ (bāng thī) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Lao: ອາດຈະ (ʼāt cha) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Latin: fortasse — indicating a lack of certainty
• Latin: forsitan — indicating a lack of certainty
• Latin: fors — indicating a lack of certainty
• Latin: forsit — indicating a lack of certainty
• Latin: forte — indicating a lack of certainty
• Latin: forsan — indicating a lack of certainty
• Latin: fortassis — indicating a lack of certainty
• Latvian: varbūt — indicating a lack of certainty
• Ligurian: fòscia — indicating a lack of certainty
• Lithuanian: gal — indicating a lack of certainty
• Lithuanian: galbūt — indicating a lack of certainty
• Livonian: agā — indicating a lack of certainty
• Low German: villicht — indicating a lack of certainty
• Low German: viellichte — indicating a lack of certainty
• Low German: villichte — indicating a lack of certainty
• Macedonian: можеби (možebi) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Malay: mungkin — indicating a lack of certainty
• Malay: barangkali — indicating a lack of certainty
• Maltese: forsi — indicating a lack of certainty
• Māori: āwhai — indicating a lack of certainty
• Māori: pea — indicating a lack of certainty
• Marathi: कदाचित (kadācit) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Eastern Mari: ала (ala) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Mauritian Creole: devet — indicating a lack of certainty
• Michif: maashkoot — indicating a lack of certainty
• Central Sierra Miwok: mi·kán — indicating a lack of certainty
• Mongolian: магадгүй (magadgüj) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Khiamniungan Naga: tèitsōu è — indicating a lack of certainty
• Navajo: daatsʼí — indicating a lack of certainty
• Norwegian Bokmål: kanskje — indicating a lack of certainty
• Norwegian Bokmål: kan hende — indicating a lack of certainty
• Norwegian Bokmål: må hende — indicating a lack of certainty
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kanskje — indicating a lack of certainty
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kan henda — indicating a lack of certainty
• Norwegian Nynorsk: må henda — indicating a lack of certainty
• Occitan: benlèu — indicating a lack of certainty
• Occitan: bensai — indicating a lack of certainty
• Ojibwe: iindog — indicating a lack of certainty
• Ojibwe: maagizhaa — indicating a lack of certainty
• Old English: wēnunga — indicating a lack of certainty
• Pashto: شايد (šāyád) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Persian: شاید (šâyad) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Plautdietsch: veleicht — indicating a lack of certainty
• Polish: może — indicating a lack of certainty
• Polish: być może — indicating a lack of certainty
• Portuguese: talvez — indicating a lack of certainty
• Portuguese: porventura — indicating a lack of certainty
• Portuguese: quiçá — indicating a lack of certainty
• Portuguese: se calhar — indicating a lack of certainty
• Portuguese: quem sabe — indicating a lack of certainty
• Portuguese: possivelmente — indicating a lack of certainty
• Punjabi: ਸ਼ਾਇਦ (śāida) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Romanian: poate — indicating a lack of certainty
• Russian: мо́жет быть (móžet bytʹ) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Russian: возмо́жно (vozmóžno) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Russian: наве́рное (navérnoje) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Russian: то́ ли (tó li) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Sanskrit: स्यात् (syāt) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Scots: mibbe — indicating a lack of certainty
• Scottish Gaelic: 's dòcha — indicating a lack of certainty
• Scottish Gaelic: 's mathaid — indicating a lack of certainty
• Slovak: možno — indicating a lack of certainty
• Slovak: azda — indicating a lack of certainty
• Slovak: vari — indicating a lack of certainty
• Slovene: mogóče — indicating a lack of certainty
• Slovene: mordà — indicating a lack of certainty
• Spanish: quizá — indicating a lack of certainty
• Spanish: quizás — indicating a lack of certainty
• Spanish: tal vez — indicating a lack of certainty
• Spanish: talvez — indicating a lack of certainty
• Spanish: acaso — indicating a lack of certainty
• Spanish: capaz que — indicating a lack of certainty
• Spanish: de pronto — indicating a lack of certainty
• Spanish: igual — indicating a lack of certainty
• Spanish: de repente — indicating a lack of certainty
• Spanish: puede que — indicating a lack of certainty
• Swedish: kanske — indicating a lack of certainty
• Swedish: möjligen — indicating a lack of certainty
• Swedish: måhända — indicating a lack of certainty
• Swedish: kanhända — indicating a lack of certainty
• Tagalog: baka — indicating a lack of certainty
• Tajik: шояд (šoyad) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Tatar: бәлки (bälki) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Tatar: мөмкин (mömkin) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Tatar: ихтимал (ixtimal) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Thai: คงจะ (kong-jà) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Thai: บางที (baang-tii) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Thai: อาจจะ (àat-jà) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Turkish: olabilir — indicating a lack of certainty
• Turkish: belki — indicating a lack of certainty
• Turkmen: belki — indicating a lack of certainty
• Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎐𐎄𐎓 (mndʿ) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Ukrainian: ма́буть (mábutʹ) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Ukrainian: мо́же бу́ти (móže búty) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Ukrainian: можли́во (možlývo) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Ukrainian: мо́же (móže) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Ukrainian: пе́вно (pévno) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Urdu: شاید (śāyad) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Urdu: غالباً (ġāliban) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Uyghur: بەلكى (belki) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Uyghur: مۇمكىن (mumkin) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Uzbek: balki — indicating a lack of certainty
• Uzbek: ehtimol — indicating a lack of certainty
• Venetan: forse — indicating a lack of certainty
• Venetan: forsi — indicating a lack of certainty
• Vietnamese: có lẽ — indicating a lack of certainty
• Walloon: motoit — indicating a lack of certainty
• Walloon: kécfeye — indicating a lack of certainty
• Walloon: putete — indicating a lack of certainty
• Welsh: dichon — indicating a lack of certainty
• Welsh: efallai — indicating a lack of certainty
• Welsh: ella — indicating a lack of certainty
• Yiddish: אפֿשר (efsher) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Zazaki: belki (diq) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Zazaki: qay (diq) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Arabic: رُبَّمَا (rubbamā) — as a pro-sentence
• Arabic: مِن اَلْمُمْكِن (min al-mumkin) — as a pro-sentence
• Armenian: միգուցե (migucʻe) — as a pro-sentence
• Bashkir: бәлки (bəlki) — as a pro-sentence
• Bashkir: ихтимал (ixtimal) — as a pro-sentence
• Chinese Mandarin: 也許 /也许 (yěxǔ) — as a pro-sentence
• Chinese Mandarin: 或許 /或许 (huòxǔ) — as a pro-sentence
• Chinese Mandarin: 或是 (huòshì) — as a pro-sentence
• Chinese Mandarin: 可能 (kěnéng) — as a pro-sentence
• Czech: možná — as a pro-sentence
• Danish: måske — as a pro-sentence
• Dutch: misschien — as a pro-sentence
• Dutch: het zou kunnen — as a pro-sentence
• Dutch: mogelijk — as a pro-sentence
• Faroese: kanska — as a pro-sentence
• Finnish: voi olla — as a pro-sentence
• French: peut-être — as a pro-sentence
• French: c'est possible — as a pro-sentence
• Galician: poida — as a pro-sentence
• Galician: se cadra — as a pro-sentence
• Gallo: ventieil' — as a pro-sentence
• German: vielleicht — as a pro-sentence
• German: kann sein — as a pro-sentence
• German: gut möglich — as a pro-sentence
• Hebrew: אוּלַי (ulái) — as a pro-sentence
• Hindi: कदाचित (kadācit) — as a pro-sentence
• Icelandic: kannski — as a pro-sentence
• Icelandic: kannske — as a pro-sentence
• Icelandic: máske — as a pro-sentence
• Icelandic: máski — as a pro-sentence
• Icelandic: ef til vill — as a pro-sentence
• Irish: b'fhéidir — as a pro-sentence
• Italian: forse — as a pro-sentence
• Italian: può essere — as a pro-sentence
• Japanese: 多分 (tabun) — as a pro-sentence
• Māori: āwhai — as a pro-sentence
• Norwegian Bokmål: kan hende — as a pro-sentence
• Norwegian Bokmål: kanskje det — as a pro-sentence
• Portuguese: é possível — as a pro-sentence
• Portuguese: pode ser — as a pro-sentence
• Portuguese: talvez — as a pro-sentence
• Portuguese: porventura — as a pro-sentence
• Portuguese: quiçá — as a pro-sentence
• Portuguese: se calhar — as a pro-sentence
• Portuguese: quem sabe — as a pro-sentence
• Portuguese: possivelmente — as a pro-sentence
• Romanian: poate — as a pro-sentence
• Russian: мо́жет быть (móžet bytʹ) — as a pro-sentence
• Russian: возмо́жно (vozmóžno) — as a pro-sentence
• Scottish Gaelic: 's dòcha — as a pro-sentence
• Scottish Gaelic: 's mathaid — as a pro-sentence
• Serbo-Croatian: мо̀жда — as a pro-sentence
• Serbo-Croatian: мо̏гӯће — as a pro-sentence
• Serbo-Croatian: mòžda — as a pro-sentence
• Serbo-Croatian: mȍgūće — as a pro-sentence
• Slovak: možno — as a pro-sentence
• Slovene: mogóče — as a pro-sentence
• Spanish: es posible — as a pro-sentence
• Swedish: kanske — as a pro-sentence
• Swedish: möjligen — as a pro-sentence