avancer

Danish

Noun

avancer c

  1. indefinite plural of avance

Verb

avancer or avancér

  1. imperative of avancere

French

Etymology

  • Inherited from Middle French advancer, from Old French avancier, from Vulgar Latin *abanteāre, from Late Latin ab ante, from Latin ab + ante.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /a.vɑ̃.se/
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    Verb

    avancer

    1. (intransitive) to advance, to go forward
    2. (intransitive) to progress
    3. (transitive) to bring forward, to advance
    4. (transitive) to propose, to put forward
    5. (reflexive, ~ vers) to move towards, to go up to, to approach
    6. (transitive, the recipient is introduced by the preposition à, colloquial) to help out somebody by lending them money for a short time (for example because they don't have any cash and the store doesn't take bank cards), to tide someone over
      Synonym: dépanner
      Tu saurais m'avancer cinq euros ? Je te rembourse ça dans dix minutes.
      You couldn't lend me five euros, could you? I'll pay you back in ten minutes.

    Conjugation

    This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which 'c' is softened to a 'ç' before the vowels 'a' and 'o'.

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Saint Dominican Creole French: vancé
    • Danish: avancere
    • German: avancieren
    • Norwegian Bokmål: avansere
    • Romanian: avansa
    • Yiddish: אַװאַנסירן (avansirn)

    Further reading

    Norwegian Bokmål

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /aˈʋaŋsər/
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    • Rhymes: -ər
    • Hyphenation: a‧van‧cer

    Noun

    avancer m

    1. indefinite plural of avance

    Old French

    Verb

    avancer

    1. alternative form of avancier

    Conjugation

    This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-c, *-cs, *-ct are modified to z, z, zt. In addition, c becomes ç before an a, o or u to keep the /ts/ sound intact. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.