"perchance" meaning in Anglais

See perchance in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: \pɜː.ˈtʃænts\ ou \pɜː.ˈtʃæns\, \pɜː.ˈtʃænts\, \pɜː.ˈtʃæns\ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-perchance.wav
  1. Peut-être.
    Sense id: fr-perchance-en-adv-qsSctMUQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: by any chance, maybe, peradventure, perhaps, possibly, mayhap
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      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
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    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Lemmes en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
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    "Calque de l’ancien français par cheance (« par chance »)."
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      "word": "by any chance"
    },
    {
      "word": "maybe"
    },
    {
      "word": "peradventure"
    },
    {
      "word": "perhaps"
    },
    {
      "word": "possibly"
    },
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      "word": "mayhap"
    }
  ],
  "word": "perchance"
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  ],
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        "Peut-être."
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      "word": "by any chance"
    },
    {
      "word": "maybe"
    },
    {
      "word": "peradventure"
    },
    {
      "word": "perhaps"
    },
    {
      "word": "possibly"
    },
    {
      "word": "mayhap"
    }
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