advancer

English

Alternative forms

• advauncer (obsolete)

Etymology

From advance +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ədˈvænsɚ/

Noun

advancer (plural advancers)

1. One who advances or puts forward.

   the advancer of a theory

2. (bridge) The overcaller's partner, especially one who bids following the overcall.
3. A second branch of a buck's antler.
   • 1660, James Howell, Lexicon Tetraglotton:

     The barr, the Beam, branch, advancers […] of a Deers head

Translations

one who advances or puts forward

Finnish: etenijä (fi) (one who advances); edistäjä (fi) (one who puts forward)

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French avancier, with the -d- added to reflect the Latin prefix ad- (which was an erroneous hypercorrection as the etymon for this term, ab ante, did not contain a -d-).

Verb

advancer

1. to advance (to move forwards)

Conjugation

• As parler except c becomes ç before a and o. May remain c in older manuscripts.
• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of advancer

infinitive	simple	advancer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	advançant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		advancé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	advance	advances	advance	advançons	advancez	advancent
	imperfect	advançois, advançoys	advançois, advançoys	advançoit, advançoyt	advancions, advançons	advanciez, advancyez	advançoient, advançoyent
	past historic	advança	advanças	advança	advançasmes	advançastes	advancerent
	future	advancerai, advanceray	advanceras	advancera	advancerons	advancerez	advanceront
	conditional	advancerois, advanceroys	advancerois, advanceroys	advanceroit, advanceroyt	advancerions, advanceryons	advanceriez, advanceryez	advanceroient, advanceroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	advance	advances	advance	advançons	advancez	advancent
	imperfect	advançasse	advançasses	advançast	advançassions	advançassiez	advançassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	advance	—	advançons	advancez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

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