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• Received-Pronunciation: /pəˈhæps/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /pəˈɹæps/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɹæps/
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• General-American: /pɚˈhæps/
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• General-American, uncommon: /ˈpɹæps/
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• rhymes with -æps
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• CMU ARPABET: P ER0 HH AE1 P S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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).

226 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: ndoshta — 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
• Azerbaijani: bəlkə — 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: beherbada — 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
• Central Bikol: tibaad — indicating a lack of certainty
• Breton: marteze — indicating a lack of certainty
• Bulgarian: мо́же би (móže bi) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Catalan: potser — indicating a lack of certainty
• Catalan: tal vegada — indicating a lack of certainty
• Catalan: possiblement — indicating a lack of certainty
• Cherokee: ᎠᏎᏱᎩ (aseyigi) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Cherokee: ᎠᏎᏛ (asedv) — 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
• Ngazidja Comorian: amɓesee — indicating a lack of certainty
• Coptic: ⲁⲣⲏⲩ (arēu) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Corsican: forse — indicating a lack of certainty
• Czech: možná — indicating a lack of certainty
• Czech: snad — 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
• Esperanto: eble — 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: võib-olla — indicating a lack of certainty
• Estonian: võibolla — 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: mahdollisesti — indicating a lack of certainty
• Finnish: kenties — indicating a lack of certainty
• French: peut-être — indicating a lack of certainty
• French: possiblement — indicating a lack of certainty
• Friulian: forsit — indicating a lack of certainty
• Galician: se cadra — indicating a lack of certainty
• Galician: tal vez — indicating a lack of certainty
• Galician: quizais — indicating a lack of certainty
• Galician: cecais — indicating a lack of certainty
• Galician: quizaves — indicating a lack of certainty
• Galician: seica — indicating a lack of certainty
• Gallo: ventieil' — indicating a lack of certainty
• Georgian: შესაძლოა (šesaʒloa) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Georgian: ეგებ (egeb) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Georgian: იქნებ (ikneb) — indicating a lack of certainty
• German: vielleicht — indicating a lack of certainty
• German: wohl — indicating a lack of certainty
• Greek: ίσως (ísos) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Greek: μάλλον (mállon) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Greek: ενδεχομένως (endechoménos) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Greek: μήπως (mípos) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Ancient Greek: ἴσως (ísōs) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Gujarati: કદાચ (kadāc) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Hausa: yiwu — indicating a lack of certainty
• Hausa: iya — indicating a lack of certainty
• Hawaiian: paha — indicating a lack of certainty
• Hawaiian: malia — indicating a lack of certainty
• Hebrew: אוּלַי (ulái) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Hindi: कदाचित (kadācit) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Hindi: शायद (śāyad) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Hindi: कदाचित् (kadācit) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Hungarian: talán — indicating a lack of certainty
• Icelandic: kannski — indicating a lack of certainty
• Ido: forsan — indicating a lack of certainty
• Indonesian: mungkin — indicating a lack of certainty
• Indonesian: barangkali — indicating a lack of certainty
• Indonesian: mungkin saja — indicating a lack of certainty
• Interlingua: forsan — indicating a lack of certainty
• Inuktitut: ᐃᒻᒪᖄ (immaqaa) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Irish: b'fhéidir — indicating a lack of certainty
• Istriot: fuorsi — indicating a lack of certainty
• Italian: forse — 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
• Japanese: 恐らく (osoraku) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Japanese: もしかして (moshikasite) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Japanese: ひょっとして (hyottoshite) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Kazakh: мүмкін (mümkın) — 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: بەڵکوو (bellkû) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Central Kurdish: بەشکوم (beşkum) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Central Kurdish: بەشکوو (beşkû) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Central Kurdish: ڕەنگە (renge) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Northern Kurdish: belkî — indicating a lack of certainty
• Kyrgyz: балким (balkim) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Kyrgyz: мүмкүн (mümkün) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Lao: ບາງທີ (bāng thī) — 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
• Lithuanian: galbūt — indicating a lack of certainty
• Livonian: agā — indicating a lack of certainty
• Lushootseed: ʔəx̌id kwa — indicating a lack of certainty
• Lushootseed: ʔəx̌id la — indicating a lack of certainty
• Macedonian: можеби (možebi) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Malay: barangkali — indicating a lack of certainty
• Malayalam: ഒരുപക്ഷേ (orupakṣē) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Māori: āwhai — indicating a lack of certainty
• Māori: pea — indicating a lack of certainty
• Māori: ētia — indicating a lack of certainty
• Eastern Mari: але (aĺe) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Mirandese: talbeç — indicating a lack of certainty
• Mongolian: магадгүй (magadgüj) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Norman: p'tête — 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 Bokmål: muligens — indicating a lack of certainty
• Norwegian Bokmål: muligvis — 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
• Norwegian Nynorsk: mogelegvis — indicating a lack of certainty
• Occitan: benlèu — indicating a lack of certainty
• Occitan: bensai — indicating a lack of certainty
• Ojibwe: maagizhaa — indicating a lack of certainty
• Old English: weald þēah — indicating a lack of certainty
• Old Norse: nǫkkut — indicating a lack of certainty
• Old Norse: léttliga — indicating a lack of certainty
• Old Norse: má — indicating a lack of certainty
• Pashto: شايد (šāyád) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Persian: شاید (šâyad) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Persian: گاس (gâs) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Plautdietsch: veleicht — indicating a lack of certainty
• Polish: może — indicating a lack of certainty
• Polish: bodaj — indicating a lack of certainty
• Polish: zapewne — indicating a lack of certainty
• Portuguese: talvez — indicating a lack of certainty
• Quechua: ichá — indicating a lack of certainty
• Romanian: poate — indicating a lack of certainty
• Romanian: posibil — indicating a lack of certainty
• Russian: возмо́жно (vozmóžno) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Russian: мо́жет быть (móžet bytʹ) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Russian: мо́жет (móžet) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Russian: наве́рное (navérnoje) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Sanskrit: स्यात् (syāt) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Scots: aiblins — indicating a lack of certainty
• Scottish Gaelic: 's dòcha — indicating a lack of certainty
• Scottish Gaelic: 's mathaid — indicating a lack of certainty
• Scottish Gaelic: dh'fhaoidte — indicating a lack of certainty
• Serbo-Croatian: мо̀жда — indicating a lack of certainty
• Serbo-Croatian: мо̏гӯће — indicating a lack of certainty
• Serbo-Croatian: mòžda — indicating a lack of certainty
• Serbo-Croatian: mȍgūće — indicating a lack of certainty
• Sicilian: forsi — indicating a lack of certainty
• Sicilian: fraci — indicating a lack of certainty
• Slovak: možno — indicating a lack of certainty
• Slovak: snáď — indicating a lack of certainty
• Slovak: môžbyť — indicating a lack of certainty
• Slovak: azda — indicating a lack of certainty
• Slovak: pravdepodobne — indicating a lack of certainty
• Slovene: mordà — indicating a lack of certainty
• Slovene: mogóče — indicating a lack of certainty
• Spanish: acaso — 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
• Swahili: huenda — indicating a lack of certainty
• Swahili: pingine — indicating a lack of certainty
• Swedish: kanske — indicating a lack of certainty
• Swedish: möjligen — indicating a lack of certainty
• Tajik: шояд (šoyad) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Tajik: мумкин (mumkin) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Tajik: эҳтимол (ehtimol) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Talysh: شاید (šâyad) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Taos: yúhi — 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: ไม่แน่ (mâi-nɛ̂ɛ) — indicating a lack of certainty
• Thai: บางที (baang-tii) — 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
• Vietnamese: có lẽ — indicating a lack of certainty
• Vietnamese: có thể — indicating a lack of certainty
• Volapük: ba — indicating a lack of certainty
• Welsh: efallai — indicating a lack of certainty
• Yiddish: אפֿשר (efsher) — indicating a lack of certainty