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Danish
Etymology
From French avance (“advance”), from avancer (“to advance, go forward”).
Pronunciation
Noun
avance c (singular definite avancen, plural indefinite avancer)
- profit
Inflection
Further reading
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French avance.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aːˈvɑn.sə/
- Hyphenation: avan‧ce
Noun
avance m or f (plural avances)
- (chiefly plural) overture, approach, advance (act of accosting)
- Synonym: toenadering
- (dated) progress
- Synonyms: voortgang, vooruitgang
- (dated) stock appreciation
- (obsolete) profit
- Synonym: winst
- (dated) advantage, benefit
- Synonym: voordeel
French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From the verb avancer.
Noun
avance f (plural avances)
- early
- Antonym: retard
- Nous avons cinq minutes d’avance. ― We are five minutes early
- Nous sommes en avance. ― We are early
- (in the plural) (romantic) advances
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
avance
- first-person singular present indicative of avancer
Further reading
Anagrams
Galician
Verb
avance
- inflection of avanzar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
- (reintegrationist norm) inflection of avançar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from French avance.
Pronunciation
Noun
avance f (plural avances)
- advance
- Synonyms: approccio, proposta, profferta
- fare un'avance ― to make an advance
References
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)
- (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
- “avance” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Anagrams
Portuguese
Verb
avance
- inflection of avançar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 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)
- advance
- progress
- Synonym: progreso
- advance payment
- Synonym: adelanto
- preview, trailer
- Synonym: tráiler
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
avance
- inflection of avanzar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Further reading