English

Noun

espace ‎(uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Space.

References

• OED online

Anagrams

• escape, peaces

French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin, from Latin spatium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛs.pas/
  • (Quebec) IPA^(key): [ɛs.pɑːs]

Noun

espace m ‎(plural espaces)

1. 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.

espace f ‎(plural espaces)

1. (typography) space

Verb

espace

1. first-person singular present indicative of espacer
2. third-person singular present indicative of espacer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of espacer
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of espacer
5. second-person singular imperative of espacer

Middle French

Alternative forms

• espasse (less common)

Etymology

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, 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

Descendants

• French: espace

Old French

Alternative forms

Noun

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

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

Descendants

• English: space (borrowed)
• Middle French: espace
  • French: espace

References

• (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (espace, supplement)
• espace on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Portuguese

Verb

espace

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of espaçar
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of espaçar
3. First-person singular (eu) affirmative imperative of espaçar
4. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of espaçar
5. First-person singular (eu) negative imperative of espaçar
6. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of espaçar