maybe

Etymology
From an ellipsis of, equivalent to. Compare.

Adverb

 * 1) Perhaps, possibly.
 * 2)  Perhaps that is true.
 * 3) * 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
 * Okay. See you later, maybe. &mdash; Maybe I’ll see you later.
 * 1)  Certainly.
 * Okay. See you later, maybe. &mdash; Maybe I’ll see you later.
 * 1)  Certainly.
 * 1)  Certainly.

Usage notes

 * Do not confuse maybe with the verb construction may be: "Maybe that's true", but "That may be true".

Synonyms

 * ,, , , , that’s possible
 * ,, , , , that’s possible

Translations

 * Afrikaans: ,
 * Albanian:
 * Aleut: amustukux̂
 * Alviri-Vidari: شاید
 * Arabic: رُبَّمَا, مِن اَلْمُمْكِن,
 * Egyptian Arabic: يمكن
 * Hijazi Arabic: يمكن, بلكن
 * Moroccan Arabic: يمكن
 * South Levantine Arabic: يمكن
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: quiciabes, quiciás
 * Azerbaijani:, ola bilsin
 * Bashkir: бәлки, мөмкин, ихтимал
 * Basque: naski
 * Belarusian: мо́жа быць, магчы́ма, мо́жа, ма́быць, мо
 * Bulgarian: мо́же би
 * Catalan:
 * Central Sierra Miwok: mi·kán
 * Chechen: хила тарло
 * Cherokee: ᎠᏎᏱᎩ, ᎠᏎᏛ
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 或者, 有可能
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Cornish: martesen
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Esperanto: eble
 * Estonian:, , , , vahest,
 * Faroese: kanska
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, peut-être que , il se peut
 * Galician: cecais,, quizaves, seica,
 * Gallo: ventieil'
 * Georgian: შესაძლებელია, შესაძლოა
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἴσως
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:, , máske, máski, ef til vill
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: is dócha, b'fhéidir
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese:, , ,
 * Kaingang: hẽn ri ke mũn
 * Kazakh: мүмкін
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:, ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: ڕەنگە, لەوانەیە
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz: ,
 * Lao: ບາງທີ, ອາດຈະ
 * Latin: fortasse, forsitan, fors, forsit,, forsan, fortassis
 * Latvian: varbūt
 * Ligurian: fòscia
 * Lithuanian:, galbūt
 * Livonian: agā
 * Low German: ; viellichte, villichte
 * Macedonian: можеби
 * Malay:, barangkali
 * Maltese: forsi
 * Maori: āwhai ,
 * Marathi:
 * Mauritian Creole: devet
 * Mbyá Guaraní: xapy'a rei
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Navajo: daatsʼí
 * North Frisian: flicht
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, kan hende, må hende
 * Nynorsk: kanskje, kan henda, må henda
 * Occitan: ,
 * Ojibwe: iindog, maagizhaa
 * Old English: wēnunga
 * Pashto:
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: veleicht
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:, , , , quem sabe,
 * Punjabi: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Scots: mibbe
 * Scottish Gaelic: 's dòcha, 's mathaid
 * Slovak: možno,, vari
 * Slovene: ,
 * Spanish:, , , , ,  de pronto,
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Tagalog:
 * Tajik:
 * Tatar:, мөмкин,
 * Thai: คงจะ,, อาจจะ
 * Turkish: ,
 * Turkmen:
 * Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎐𐎄𐎓
 * Ukrainian: ма́буть, мо́же бу́ти, можли́во, мо́же, пе́вно
 * Urdu:, غالباً
 * Uyghur: بەلكى, مۇمكىن
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Vietnamese:
 * Walloon:, ,
 * Welsh: dichon,, ella
 * West Frisian: miskien
 * Yiddish: אפֿשר
 * Zazaki: ,


 * Arabic: رُبَّمَا, مِن اَلْمُمْكِن
 * Armenian:
 * Bashkir: бәлки, ихтимал
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, het zou kunnen,
 * Faroese: kanska
 * Finnish: voi olla
 * French:, c'est possible
 * Galician: ,
 * Gallo: ventieil'
 * German:, kann sein, gut möglich
 * Hebrew:
 * Icelandic:, , máske, máski, ef til vill
 * Irish: b'fhéidir
 * Italian:, può essere
 * Japanese:
 * Maori: āwhai
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: kan hende, kanskje det
 * Portuguese: é possível, pode ser,, , , , quem sabe,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: 's dòcha, 's mathaid
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: мо̀жда, мо̏гӯће
 * Roman:, mȍgūće
 * Slovak: možno
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: es posible
 * Swedish: ,

Adjective

 * 1) Possible; uncertain.

Noun

 * 1)  Something that is possibly true.
 * 2)  An answer that shows neither agreement nor disagreement.
 * 3)  A future event that may or may not happen.
 * 1)  A future event that may or may not happen.