gairebé

== Catalan == === Etymology === Univerbation of gaire +‎ bé. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [ɡəj.ɾəˈβe] IPA(key): (Balearic) [ɡəj.ɾəˈbe] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ɡaj.ɾeˈbe] === Adverb === gairebé almost, nearly Synonym: quasi Són gairebé les sis en punt. ― It's almost six o'clock. En deu tenir gairebé quaranta. ― He must be nearly forty. === Further reading === “gairebé”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007