avantage

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See also: avantagé

French

Etymology

From avant +‎ -age, or from Old French avantage.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.vɑ̃.taʒ/
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Noun

avantage m (plural avantages)

advantage (advantageous position)
Antonym: inconvénient
(tennis) advantage

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Albanian: avantazh
→ Greek: αβαντάζ (avantáz)
→ Polish: awantaż
→ Portuguese: vantagem
→ Romanian: avantaj
→ Spanish: ventaja
→ Turkish: avantaj

Further reading

“avantage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Old French

Alternative forms

avauntage, avauntaige

Etymology

avant +‎ -age

Noun

avantage oblique singular, m (oblique plural avantages, nominative singular avantages, nominative plural avantage)

advantage
profit; gain

Descendants

Middle French: advantage
- French: avantage
  - → Albanian: avantazh
  - → Greek: αβαντάζ (avantáz)
  - → Polish: awantaż
  - → Portuguese: vantagem
  - → Romanian: avantaj
  - → Spanish: ventaja
  - → Turkish: avantaj
→ Middle English: avantage, avauntage
- English: advantage
- → Welsh: mantais
→ Old Galician-Portuguese: auantaiẽ (Old Galician)
- Galician: vantaxe

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