See also: espacé

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Noun

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espace (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) space.

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References

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  • OED online

Anagrams

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French

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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Noun

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espace f (plural espaces)

  1. (typography) space
    espace insécablenon-breaking space

Verb

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espace

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

Further reading

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Middle French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old French espace.

Noun

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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
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

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  • French: espace

Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin spatium.

Noun

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

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

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Portuguese

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Verb

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espace

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