avance

avance

1. indefinite dative/ablative singular of avancë

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

• IPA^(key): /avanɡsə/, [aˈvɑŋsə]

avance c (singular definite avancen, plural indefinite avancer)

1. profit

• avancement (“advancement, promotion”)
• avancere (“to advance, be promoted”)
• avanceret (“advanced, sophisticated”)

• avance on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• Avance (økonomi) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Borrowed from French avance.

• IPA^(key): /aːˈvɑn.sə/

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• Hyphenation: avan‧ce

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

• avanceren

• IPA^(key): /a.vɑ̃s/
• Homophones: avancent, avances

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From the verb avancer.

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

avance

1. first-person singular present indicative of avancer

• “avance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• encava

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

Borrowed from French avance.

• IPA^(key): /aˈvans/^[1][2]
• Rhymes: -ans

avance f (plural avances)

1. advance

   Synonyms: approccio, proposta, profferta

   fare un'avance ― to make an advance

• cavane, cenava

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.

• IPA^(key): /aˈʋaŋs/

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• Rhymes: -aŋs
• Hyphenation: a‧vance
• Homophones: A, a, avanse

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

• retard (“the slower side of the clock”)

• “avance” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

• cavaen

avance

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

• IPA^(key): /aˈbanθe/ [aˈβ̞ãn̟.θe] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /aˈbanse/ [aˈβ̞ãn.se] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -anθe (Spain)
• Rhymes: -anse (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: a‧van‧ce

Deverbal from avanzar.

avance m (plural avances)

1. advance
2. progress

   Synonym: progreso

3. advance payment

   Synonym: adelanto

4. preview, trailer

   Synonym: tráiler

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

avance

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

• “avance”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024