avance
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== Albanian ==
=== Noun ===
avance
indefinite dative/ablative singular of 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)
profit
==== Inflection ====
==== Related terms ====
avancement (“advancement, promotion”)
avancere (“to advance, be promoted”)
avanceret (“advanced, sophisticated”)
==== Further reading ====
avance on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Avance (økonomi) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
== Dutch ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from French avance.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /aːˈvɑn.sə/
Hyphenation: avan‧ce
=== Noun ===
avance m or f (plural avances, no diminutive)
(chiefly plural) overture, approach, advance (act of accosting)
Synonym: toenadering
(dated) progress
Synonyms: voortgang, vooruitgang
(dated) stock appreciation
(obsolete) profit
Synonym: winst
(dated) advantage, benefit
Synonym: voordeel
==== Related terms ====
avanceren
== French ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /a.vɑ̃s/
Homophones: avancent, avances
=== Etymology 1 ===
From the verb avancer.
==== Noun ====
avance f (plural avances)
early
Antonym: retard
Nous avons cinq minutes d’avance. ― We are five minutes early
Nous sommes en avance. ― We are early
(in the plural) (romantic) advances
===== Derived terms =====
===== Descendants =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Verb ====
avance
first-person singular present indicative of avancer
=== Further reading ===
“avance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
=== Anagrams ===
encava
== Galician ==
=== Verb ===
avance
inflection of avanzar:
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
third-person singular imperative
(reintegrationist norm) inflection of avançar:
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
third-person singular imperative
== Italian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from French avance.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /aˈvans/
Rhymes: -ans
=== Noun ===
avance f (plural avances)
advance
Synonyms: approccio, proposta, profferta
fare un'avance ― to make an advance
=== References ===
=== Anagrams ===
cavane, cenava
== Norwegian Bokmål ==
=== 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/
Rhymes: -aŋs
Hyphenation: a‧vance
Homophones: A, a, avanse
=== Noun ===
avance m (definite singular avancen, indefinite plural avancer, definite plural avancene)
(horology) side in the clockwork to which the adjustment indicator must be set to make the clock go faster
Synonyms: A, a
==== Antonyms ====
retard (“the slower side of the clock”)
=== References ===
“avance” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
=== Anagrams ===
cavaen
== Portuguese ==
=== Verb ===
avance
inflection of avançar:
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
third-person singular imperative
== Spanish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
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
=== Etymology 1 ===
Deverbal from avanzar.
==== Noun ====
avance m (plural avances)
advance
progress
Synonym: progreso
advance payment
Synonym: adelanto
preview, trailer
Synonym: tráiler
===== Derived terms =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Verb ====
avance
inflection of avanzar:
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
third-person singular imperative
=== Further reading ===
“avance”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025