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FRENCH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

avancer.

to advance, to go forward

7 characters3 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/a.vɑ̃.se/
  1. to advance, to go forward

    intransitive
  2. to progress

    intransitive
  3. to bring forward, to advance

    transitive
  4. to propose, to put forward

    transitive
  5. to move towards, to go up to, to approach

    reflexive
  6. 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

    colloquial · transitive
    Tu saurais m'avancer cinq euros ? Je te rembourse ça dans dix minutes.
Where this word comes from

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

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