espace
See also: espacé
English edit
Noun edit
espace (uncountable)
See also edit
References edit
- OED online
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French espace, from Old French espace, borrowed from Latin spatium.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
espace m (plural espaces)
- 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 edit
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Noun edit
espace f (plural espaces)
Verb edit
espace
- inflection of espacer:
Further reading edit
- “espace”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French edit
Alternative forms edit
- espasse (less common)
Etymology edit
From Old French espace.
Noun edit
espace m (plural espaces)
- space; room (empty area)
- 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 edit
- French: espace
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
espace oblique singular, m (oblique plural espaces, nominative singular espaces, nominative plural espace)
Descendants edit
References edit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (espace, supplement)
- espace on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Portuguese edit
Verb edit
espace
- inflection of espaçar:
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