English Online Dictionary. What means perhaps? What does perhaps mean?
English
Alternative forms
- perhap
Etymology
From Middle English perhappes, perhappous, variant of earlier perhap (“perhaps, possibly”), equivalent to per + hap (“chance, coincidence”) + -s.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pəˈhæps/, /pəˈɹæps/, /ˈpɹæps/
- (General American) IPA(key): /pɚˈhæps/, (less commonly) /ˈpɹæps/
- Rhymes: -æps
- Hyphenation: per‧haps
Adverb
perhaps (not comparable)
- Possibly.
- (dated) By chance.
Synonyms
- bechance
- belike
- maybe
- mayhap
- mayhaps
- peradventure
- perchance
Related terms
- perhapser
Translations
Noun
perhaps (plural perhapses)
- An uncertainty.
References
- “perhaps”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.