espace
See also: espacé
English
editNoun
editespace (uncountable)
See also
editReferences
edit- OED online
Anagrams
editFrench
editEtymology
editInherited from Middle French espace, from Old French espace, borrowed from Latin spatium.
Pronunciation
edit- (France, Belgium) IPA(key): /ɛs.pas/
- (Canada) IPA(key): /ɛs.pɑɔ̯s/, /ɛs.pɑːs/, /ɛs.pɑs/, /ɛs.paːs/
Audio (France): (file) Audio (Quebec): (file)
Noun
editespace 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
editRelated terms
editNoun
editespace f (plural espaces)
Verb
editespace
- inflection of espacer:
Further reading
edit- “espace”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
editAlternative forms
edit- espasse (less common)
Etymology
editFrom Old French espace.
Noun
editespace 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
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants
edit- French: espace
Old French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editNoun
editespace oblique singular, m (oblique plural espaces, nominative singular espaces, nominative plural espace)
Descendants
editReferences
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
editVerb
editespace
- inflection of espaçar:
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