avancer

Signification

1. to advance, to go forward
2. to progress
3. to bring forward, to advance
4. to propose, to put forward
5. to move towards, to go up to, to approach
6. (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

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/a.vɑ̃.se/

Étymologie

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