espai

Catalan

Alternative forms

• espaci (obsolete)
• espau

Etymology

Inherited from Latin spatium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˈpaj]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [esˈpaj]

• Audio (Catalonia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aj

Noun

espai m (plural espais)

1. space (physical extent across two or three dimensions)
2. space (physical extent in all directions)
3. space (the near-vacuum in which planets, stars and other celestial objects are situated)
4. space (distance between things)
5. space (a specific period of time)
6. space (a gap in text between words, lines etc.)

Derived terms

• ciberespai
• espaiar
• espaiós
• hiperespai

Related terms

• espacial
• espacio-

References

• “espai”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “espai”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “espai” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “espai” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.