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espace

French, noun

espace is spelled E-S-P-A-C-E (6 letters) and appears 112 times per million words in written French, the 736th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Espace is a French masculine noun meaning “space” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of espacer. With an accent, espacé is a different word: “spaced out”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Étendue indéfinie”.

What does espace mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinespace

    Je manque d'espace.

noun

  1. 1

    femininespace

    espace insécable

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

adjective

as espacé
  1. 1

    spaced out

verb

as espacé
  1. 1

    past participle of espacer

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Étendue indéfinie. 2. Étendue limitée et ordinairement superficielle. 3. Endroit. 4. (Avec complément de nom ou apposition) Zone plus ou moins grande et plus ou moins définie d'un ensemble, désignée par l'usage qu'on en fait.

noun: 1. Petite pièce de fonte, plus basse que la lettre, qui sert à séparer les mots l’un de l’autre. 2. Un blanc séparant deux mots.

adjective: 1. Pour lequel il y a un certain espace qui sépare des autres.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of espace

  • espaces plural
  • espacée feminine
  • espacés masculine plural
  • espacées feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to espace

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is espace in French?

espace appears 112 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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