avantage

See also: avantagé

French

Etymology

avant +‎ -age, or from Old French avantage.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.vɑ̃.taʒ/
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Noun

avantage m (plural avantages)

advantage (advantageous position)
Antonym: inconvénient
(tennis) advantage

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Albanian: avantazh
→ Spanish: ventaja
→ Turkish: avantaj

Further reading

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

Old French

Alternative forms

avauntage, avauntaige

Noun

avantage m (oblique plural avantages, nominative singular avantages, nominative plural avantage)

advantage
profit; gain

Descendants

Middle French: advantage
- French: avantage
  - → Albanian: avantazh
  - → Spanish: ventaja
  - → Turkish: avantaj
→ Middle English: avantage, avauntage
- English: advantage

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