avancement
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From avancer (“to advance”) + -ment.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]avancement m (plural avancements)
- the state of advancing, progress
- a projection (i.e. from a building)
- Synonym: avant-toit
- 1887, Émile Zola, “Chapter 2 of part V”, in 439[1], page 439:
- Alors, ne pouvant aller plus loin, il se coucha contre la porte, ramassé, roulé en boule, pour que l’avancement du toit le protégeat de l’eau.
- Then, unable to go any further, he laid against the door, tight, rolled into a ball, so that the eaves of the roof protected him from the water.
- a promotion, an advancement in status
- Synonym: promotion
- 1924, Félicien Champsaur, Homo-Deus[2], page 199:
- Son mari, ancien sous-secrétaire d’État, avait dû son rapide avancement dans la carrière politique plutôt à la beauté de sa femme qu’à ses propres capacités.
- Her husband, former undersecretary of state, owed his rapid promotion in politics rather to the beauty of his wife, than to his own abilities.
- 1887, Émile-Marc Hilaire (pseudonym: Émile Marco de Saint-Hilaire ), Histoire militaire du consulat et de l'empire; souvenirs intimes[3], page 140:
- Quant à lui, c’est à l’aventure la plus extraordinaire, la plus incroyable qu’il dut un avancement rapide.
- As for him, it's to a most extraordinary, a most incredible adventure that he owes a rapid promotion.
- (law) clipping of avancement d'hoirie; an early inheritance
Usage notes
[edit]- Interchangeable with avancée in sense 1 & 2.
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Danish: avancement
Further reading
[edit]- “avancement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (archaic) IPA(key): /avantsəˈment/
- (classical) IPA(key): /avantsəˈmant/
- (late) IPA(key): /avansəˈmant/
Noun
[edit]avancement oblique singular, m (oblique plural avancemenz or avancementz, nominative singular avancemenz or avancementz, nominative plural avancement)
Descendants
[edit]- French: avancement
- → English: advancement
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