avancer

Danish

Noun

avancer c

1. indefinite plural of avance

Verb

avancer or avancér

1. imperative of avancere

French

Etymology

Etymology tree

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

Late Latin ab ante

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.vɑ̃.se/

• Audio; “s'avancer”:

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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'.

Conjugation of avancer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	avancer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	avançant /a.vɑ̃.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		avancé /a.vɑ̃.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	avance /a.vɑ̃s/	avances /a.vɑ̃s/	avance /a.vɑ̃s/	avançons /a.vɑ̃.sɔ̃/	avancez /a.vɑ̃.se/	avancent /a.vɑ̃s/
	imperfect	avançais /a.vɑ̃.sɛ/	avançais /a.vɑ̃.sɛ/	avançait /a.vɑ̃.sɛ/	avancions /a.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃/	avanciez /a.vɑ̃.sje/	avançaient /a.vɑ̃.sɛ/
	past historic2	avançai /a.vɑ̃.se/	avanças /a.vɑ̃.sa/	avança /a.vɑ̃.sa/	avançâmes /a.vɑ̃.sam/	avançâtes /a.vɑ̃.sat/	avancèrent /a.vɑ̃.sɛʁ/
	future	avancerai /a.vɑ̃.sʁe/	avanceras /a.vɑ̃.sʁa/	avancera /a.vɑ̃.sʁa/	avancerons /a.vɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/	avancerez /a.vɑ̃.sʁe/	avanceront /a.vɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	avancerais /a.vɑ̃.sʁɛ/	avancerais /a.vɑ̃.sʁɛ/	avancerait /a.vɑ̃.sʁɛ/	avancerions /a.vɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	avanceriez /a.vɑ̃.sə.ʁje/	avanceraient /a.vɑ̃.sʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	avance /a.vɑ̃s/	avances /a.vɑ̃s/	avance /a.vɑ̃s/	avancions /a.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃/	avanciez /a.vɑ̃.sje/	avancent /a.vɑ̃s/
	imperfect2	avançasse /a.vɑ̃.sas/	avançasses /a.vɑ̃.sas/	avançât /a.vɑ̃.sa/	avançassions /a.vɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/	avançassiez /a.vɑ̃.sa.sje/	avançassent /a.vɑ̃.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	avance /a.vɑ̃s/	—	avançons /a.vɑ̃.sɔ̃/	avancez /a.vɑ̃.se/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• avance
• avancé
• faire avancer le schmilblick

Related terms

• avant

Descendants

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

Further reading

• “avancer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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.

    Conjugation of avancer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		avancer			avoir avancé
gerund		en avançant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		avançant
past participle		avancé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	avanz	avances	avance	avançons	avancez	avancent
	imperfect	avançoie, avanceie, avançoe, avanceve	avançoies, avanceies, avançoes, avanceves	avançoit, avanceit, avançot, avanceve	avanciiens, avanciens	avanciiez, avanciez	avançoient, avanceient, avançoent, avancevent
	preterite	avançai	avanças	avança	avançames	avançastes	avancerent
	future	avancerai	avanceras	avancera	avancerons	avanceroiz, avancereiz, avancerez	avanceront
	conditional	avanceroie, avancereie	avanceroies, avancereies	avanceroit, avancereit	avanceriiens, avanceriens	avanceriiez, avanceriez	avanceroient, avancereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	avanz	avanz	avanzt	avançons	avancez	avancent
	imperfect	avançasse	avançasses	avançast	avancissons, avancissiens	avancissoiz, avancissez, avancissiez	avançassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	avance	—	avançons	avancez	—