avancer

avancer c

1. indefinite plural of avance

avancer or avancér

1. imperative of avancere

From Middle French advancer, from Old French avancer, avancier, from Vulgar Latin *abantiāre, from Late Latin abante, from Latin ab + ante.

• IPA^(key): /a.vɑ̃.se/

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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 him money for a short time (for example because he doesn't have any cash and the store doesn't take bank cards), to tide someone over

   Tu saurais m'avancer cinq euros ? Je te rembourse ça dans dix minutes.

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

• (to tide over): dépanner

• avance
• avancé

• avant

• “avancer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

avancer

1. Alternative form of avancier

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.