espace

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See also: espacé

English

Noun

espace (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Space.

See also

References

  • OED online

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French espace, from Old French espace, borrowed from Latin spatium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛs.pas/
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    • (Quebec) IPA(key): /ɛs.paːs/, /ɛs.pɑːs/
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Noun

espace m (plural espaces)

  1. space
    Je manque d’espace.
    I'm short on space.
    Il a changé en l’espace de deux minutes.
    It changed in the space of two minutes.

Derived terms

Related terms

Noun

espace f (plural espaces)

  1. (typography) space
    espace insécable ― non-breaking space

Verb

espace

  1. inflection of espacer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Middle French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French espace.

Noun

espace m (plural espaces)

  1. space; room (empty area)
  2. duration (space of time)
    • 1608, Pierre de La Primaudaye, Académie françoise, Volume 3, pages 65–66:
      Mais premier, nous commencerons d'entrer en quelque consideration des thresors precieux, & doctes enseignemens, dont les sacrees paroles de Moyse par nous ci devant les ouyes de la creation, sont secondement enceintes, et notamment dans l'espace de six iours, qu'il d'escrit de la perfection de ce grand bastiment humain:ainsi que ie te laisse, Achitob, à nous faire entendre
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Descendants

  • French: espace

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin spatium.

Noun

espace oblique singular, m (oblique plural espaces, nominative singular espaces, nominative plural espace)

  1. space; room (empty area)
  2. duration (space of time)

Descendants

References

Portuguese

Verb

espace

  1. inflection of espaçar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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