peut-être
See also: peut être
French
Etymology
peut (“(it) can”, “(it) may”) + être (“be”). Equivalent to Catalan potser, English maybe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pø.t‿ɛtʁ/
audio (France, Paris) (file)
- (South) IPA(key): [pø.ˈt‿ɛ.tʁə]
audio (France, Avignon) (file)
- (Quebec) (informal) IPA(key): [pœ.t‿aɪ̯t(ʁ)]
audio (Quebec, Estrie) (file) audio (Quebec, Quebec City) (file)
- (Louisiana) IPA(key): [pøt‿ɛt(ɾ)]
- (colloquial) IPA(key): /p.t‿ɛtʁ/
- (Quebec) (colloquial) IPA(key): [pt‿aɪ̯t(ʁ)]
audio (Quebec, Estrie) (file)
- (Quebec) (colloquial) IPA(key): [pt‿aɪ̯t(ʁ)]
- Rhymes: -ɛtʁ
Adverb
Synonyms
(colloquial): p’t-être, p’t-êt’
Further reading
- “peut-être” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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