Perchance: meaning, pronunciation and examples
Perchance adverb. By some chance; perhaps.
How to say it
pur-CHAHNSS/pəˈtʃɑːns/
2 syllables, stressed on the second (CHAHNSS).
Perchance in a sentence
Would you, perchance, have a spare phone charger?
Perchance the bus will arrive before the rain does.
Similar and opposite
Similar:
- perhaps
- possibly
- maybe
- by chance
Where perchance comes from
From Old French par cheance, by chance.
Test yourself
Which word fills the gap?
_____ the bus will arrive before the rain does.
- yonder
- forsooth
- perchance
Show the answer
perchance: Perchance the bus will arrive before the rain does.