avance

See also: Avance, avancé, and avancë

Albanian

Noun

avance

1. 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)

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, 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/

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• Hyphenation: avan‧ce

Noun

avance m or f (plural avances, no diminutive)

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

French

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

Deverbal from avancer.

Noun

avance f (plural avances)

1. progression, advance

   Antonym: retard

   à l'avance ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   couru d'avance ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   en avance ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   d'avance ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   prendre de l'avance ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. advance (amount of money or credit given as a loan, or paid before it is due)

   avance sur salaire ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. (in the plural) (romantic) advances

   faire des avances ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Related terms

• avancée

Descendants

• → Danish: avance
• → Dutch: avance
• → Italian: avance
• → Norwegian Bokmål: avance
• → Polish: awans
• → Romanian: avans
• → Russian: ава́нс (aváns)
• → Turkish: avans

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

avance

1. 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

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

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French avance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈvans/
• Rhymes: -ans

Noun

avance f (plural avances)

1. advance

   Synonyms: approccio, proposta, profferta

   fare un'avance ― to make an advance

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/

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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

Antonyms

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

References

• “avance” in Norwegian Academy Dictionary (NAOB).

Anagrams

• cavaen

Portuguese

Verb

avance

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Italic *ap

Latin ab

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts

Proto-Indo-European *-i

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti

Proto-Italic *anti

Latin ante

Latin ab ante

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -āre

Vulgar Latin *abanteāre

Catalan avançarbor.

Spanish avanzardeverb.

Spanish avance

Deverbal from avanzar.

Noun

avance m (plural avances)

1. advance
2. progress

   Synonym: progreso

3. advance payment

   Synonym: adelanto

4. preview, trailer

   Synonym: tráiler

Derived terms

• avance rápido (“fast forward”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

avance

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