espace
See also: espacé
English
References
- OED online
French
Etymology
From Middle French espace, from Old French espace, borrowed from Latin spatium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛs.pas/
audio (France) (file) - (Quebec) IPA(key): [ɛs.pɑːs]
audio (Quebec) (file)
Noun
espace m (plural espaces)
- space
- Je manque d'espace.
- I'm a bit short of space.
- Il a changé en l'espace de deux minutes.
- It changed in the space of two minutes.
Derived terms
Verb
espace
Further reading
- “espace” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Alternative forms
- espasse (less common)
Etymology
From Old French espace.
Noun
espace m (plural espaces)
- space; room (empty area)
- duration (space of time)
- 1608, Pierre de La Primaudaye, Académie françoise, Volume 3, page 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
- 1608, Pierre de La Primaudaye, Académie françoise, Volume 3, page 65-66
Old French
References
- 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
Verb
espace
- First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of espaçar
- Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of espaçar
- First-person singular (eu) affirmative imperative of espaçar
- Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of espaçar
- First-person singular (eu) negative imperative of espaçar
- Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of espaçar
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