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avance

Pronunciation: /aˈʋaŋs/

“avance” is a Norwegian Bokmål word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. side in the clockwork to which the adjustment indicator must be set to make the clock go faster

Etymology

From French avance (“advance”), from the verb avancer (“to advance, go forward”), from Middle French advancer (“to advance”), from Old French avancer, avancier (“to advance; continue”), from Vulgar Latin *abanteāre, from Late Latin ab ante (“before, in front”), from both ab (“of, from, by”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and from ante (“before”), from…

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