Link Centre Dictionary

perchance

perc·hance

UK/ˌpɜːˈtʃɑːns/ US/pəˈtʃɑːns/ uncommon literary

adverb

1.
2.

by chance

  • “perhaps she will call tomorrow”
  • “we may possibly run into them at the concert”
  • “it may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time”
Synonyms

Origin

From Middle English parchaunce, from Old French par cheance (“by chance”).

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.