avance

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See also: Avance, avancé, and avancë

Danish

Etymology

From French avance (advance), from avancer (to advance, go forward).

Pronunciation

Noun

avance c (singular definite avancen, plural indefinite avancer)

  1. profit

Inflection

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French avance.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aːˈvɑn.sə/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: avan‧ce

Noun

avance m or f (plural avances)

  1. (chiefly plural) overture, approach, advance (act of accosting)
    Synonym: toenadering
  2. (dated) progress
    Synonyms: voortgang, vooruitgang
  3. (dated) stock appreciation
  4. (obsolete) profit
    Synonym: winst
  5. (dated) advantage, benefit
    Synonym: voordeel

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From the verb avancer.

Noun

avance f (plural avances)

  1. early
    Antonym: retard
    Nous avons cinq minutes d’avance.We are five minutes early
    Nous sommes en avance.We are early
  2. (in the plural) (romantic) advances
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Danish: avance
  • Dutch: avance
  • Italian: avance
  • Norwegian Bokmål: avance
  • Romanian: avans
  • Russian: ава́нс (aváns)
  • Turkish: avans

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

avance

  1. first-person singular present indicative of avancer

Further reading

Anagrams

Galician

Verb

avance

  1. inflection of avanzar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
  2. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of avançar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French avance.

Pronunciation

Noun

avance f (plural avances)

  1. advance
    Synonyms: approccio, proposta, profferta
    fare un'avanceto make an advance

References

  1. ^ avance in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  2. ^ avances in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French avance (advance), from the verb avancer (to advance, go forward), from Middle French advancer (to advance), from Old French avancer, avancier (to advance; continue), from Vulgar Latin *abanteāre, from Late Latin ab ante (before, in front), from both ab (of, from, by), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (off, away) + and from ante (before), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti, from *h₂énts (forehead, front), from *h₂ent- (face, front), from *h₂en- (on, onto) and *-s (derives nouns from roots). Doublet of avanse.

Pronunciation

Noun

avance m (definite singular avancen, indefinite plural avancer, definite plural avancene)

  1. (horology) side in the clockwork to which the adjustment indicator must be set to make the clock go faster
    Synonyms: A, a

Antonyms

  • retard (the slower side of the clock)

References

Anagrams

Portuguese

Verb

avance

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /aˈbanθe/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /aˈbanse/
  • Rhymes: -anθe
  • Rhymes: -anse
  • Syllabification: a‧van‧ce

Etymology 1

Deverbal from avanzar.

Noun

avance m (plural avances)

  1. advance
  2. progress
    Synonym: progreso
  3. advance payment
    Synonym: adelanto
  4. preview, trailer
    Synonym: tráiler
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

avance

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

Further reading