avance

See also: Avance, avancé, and avancë

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /avanɡsə/, [aˈvɑŋsə]

Noun

avance c (singular definite avancen, plural indefinite avancer)

1. profit

Inflection

Declension of avance

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	avance	avancen	avancer	avancerne
genitive	avances	avancens	avancers	avancernes

Related terms

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

Further reading

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

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French avance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːˈvɑn.sə/

• Audio:

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• 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

Related terms

• avanceren

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French

Etymology

From the verb avancer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.vɑ̃s/

• audio:

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Noun

avance f (plural avances)

1. advance

   Nous avons cinq minutes d’avance.

   Nous sommes en avance.

2. (in the plural) (romantic) advances

Antonyms

• retard

Descendants

• Russian: ава́нс m (aváns)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• encava

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Italian

Etymology

From French avance

Noun

avance f (plural avances)

1. advance

Derived terms

• fare delle avances a - to make advances at (someone)

Anagrams

• cenava

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Portuguese

Verb

avance

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Spanish

Noun

avance m (plural avances)

1. advance
2. progress
3. advance payment

Synonyms

• (advance payment): adelanto

Hyponyms

• avance rápido (“fast forward”) (n.)

Verb

avance

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of avanzar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of avanzar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of avanzar.