English
wikipedia
Pronunciation
audio|en-us-maybe.ogg|Audio (US)
Adverb
maybe
- perhaps
- (as a pro-sentence) perhaps that is true (expressing no commitment to a decision or a neutral viewpoint to a statement)
Usage notes
Do not confuse maybe with may be: "Maybe that's true", but "That may be true"
Synonyms
i-c|perhaps mayhaps, perhaps, possibly
i-c|as a pro-sentence could be, mayhaps, might be, perhaps, possibly, that's possible
Derived terms
and I don't mean maybe
Translations
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trreq|Albanian
Arabic: Arab|رب�ا|ر�ب���ا (rúbba-m�)
trreq|Armenian
Bulgarian: може би (boži bi)
Catalan: potser
Chinese: �许 (huòx�)
Czech: asi
Danish: måske
Dutch: misschien, wellicht, mogelijkerwijs
Estonian: võib-olla, ehk
Faroese: kanska
Finnish: ehkä
French: peut-être, peut-être que + indicative, il se peut que + subjunctive
Georgian: ������������ (šesadzlebelia)
trreq|Hebrew
Hungarian: t|hu|talán
Indonesian: barangkali
Italian: forse, può essere che
Japanese: �� (���, tabun)
trans-mid
Khmer: KMchar|á��á��á��á� á��á�� (bprÉ�-hail)
Korean: �� (ama), ��� (amado)
Kurdish: KUchar|����گ��, KUchar|����ا������
Latin: fortasse
trreq|Latvian
Lithuanian: gal
trreq|Maltese
trreq|Mongolian
Norwegian: t-|no|kanskje
Ojibwe: iindog
Persian: FAchar|شا�د (šâyad)
Portuguese: talvez
Romanian: poate
Russian: може� б��� (móžet byt�)
Scots: mibbe
Slovak: možno, azda, vari
Slovene: mogo�e, morda
Spanish: quizá, tal vez
Swedish: kanske, möjligen
Thai: Thai|���ะ (kong jà )
trreq|Turkish
trreq|Vietnamese
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trans-top|as a pro-sentence
Chinese: �许 (huòx�)
Danish: måske
Dutch: misschien, het zou kunnen, mogelijk
Faroese: kanska
Finnish: voi olla
French: peut-être, c'est possible#French|possible
German: vielleicht
Hebrew: ���� (ulai)
trans-mid
Italian: forse, può essere
Norwegian: t-|no|kan hende
Russian: може� б��� (móžet byt�)
Slovak: možno
Slovene: mogo�e
Spanish: es#Spanish|es posible
Swedish: kanske, möjligen (if expressing doubts)
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Noun
en-noun
- informal Something that may be true.
Derived terms
definite maybe
Category:English adverbs
de:maybe
fr:maybe
hi:maybe
io:maybe
it:maybe
ku:maybe
hu:maybe
pl:maybe
pt:maybe
fi:maybe
vi:maybe
zh:maybe
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