avance

Etymology

Borrowed from French avance.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

avance f (plural avances)

1. advance

   Synonyms: approccio, proposta, profferta

   fare un'avance ― to make an advance

References

Anagrams

• cavane, cenava

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

• IPA^(key): /aˈʋaŋs/

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

Noun

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

References

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

Anagrams

• cavaen

Verb

avance

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

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Deverbal from avanzar.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Further reading

• “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], 2024 December 10