# avance
## Albanian
### Noun

avance
* indefinite dative/ablative singular of avancë

## Danish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /avanɡsə/, [aˈvɑŋsə]

### Noun

avance c (singular definite avancen, plural indefinite avancer)
* profit

#### 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: /aːˈvɑn.sə/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: avan‧ce

### Noun

avance m or f (plural avances)
* (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: /a.vɑ̃s/
* Homophones: avancent, avances
* Audio:(file)

### 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

* à l’avance
* couru d’avance
* en avance
* faire des avances
* prendre de l’avance

##### Descendants

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

### 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: /aˈvans/
* Rhymes: -ans

### Noun

avance f (plural avances)
* advance
    Synonyms: approccio, proposta, profferta
    fare un'avance ― to make an advance

### References

* ↑ avance in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
* ↑ avances in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

### 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: /aˈʋaŋs/
* Audio:(file)
* 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: (Spain) /aˈbanθe/ [aˈβ̞ãn̟.θe]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /aˈbanse/ [aˈβ̞ãn.se]
* Rhymes: -anθe
* Rhymes: -anse
* Syllabification: a‧van‧ce

### Etymology 1

Deverbal of avanzar.

#### Noun

avance m (plural avances)
* advance
* progress
    Synonym: progreso
* advance payment
    Synonym: adelanto
* preview, trailer
    Synonym: tráiler

##### Derived terms

* avance rápido (“fast forward”)

### 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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10