Also means
perhaps
Usage Note
Peut-être literally fuses the words for 'can' and 'be', and in careful style it triggers inversion, as in peut-être viendra-t-il. In everyday speech people dodge that by adding que — peut-être qu'il viendra — which is far more common.
Examples
"Il viendra peut-être demain."
Natural Translation
Maybe he'll come tomorrow.
Literal Translation
He will-come perhaps tomorrow
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