avancier
German
Pronunciation
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Verb
avancier
- singular imperative of avancieren
- (colloquial) first-person singular present of avancieren
Old French
Alternative forms
- avancer, avanchier, avanchir, avauncier
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *abanteāre, a verb based on Late Latin ab ante, from Latin ab + ante.
Pronunciation
- (classical) IPA(key): /avanˈtsjeːr/, (northern) /avanˈtʃjeːr/
Verb
avancier
- to advance; to move forward
- 12th Century, Unknown, Raoul de Cambrai:
- Li uns vers l'autre commence a avancier
- They started to advance towards each other
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- to advance; to continue
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. 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 avancier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | avancier | avoir avancié | |||||
| gerund | en avançant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | avançant | ||||||
| past participle | avancié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | avanz | avances | avance | avançons | avanciez | avancent |
| imperfect | avançoie, avanceie, avançoe, avancieve | avançoies, avanceies, avançoes, avancieves | avançoit, avanceit, avançot, avancieve | avanciiens, avanciens | avanciiez, avanciez | avançoient, avanceient, avançoent, avancievent | |
| preterite | avançai | avanças | avança | avançames | avançastes | avancierent | |
| 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 | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses | present | avanz | avanz | avanzt | avançons | avanciez | avancent |
| imperfect | avançasse | avançasses | avançast | avancissons, avancissiens | avancissoiz, avancissez, avancissiez | avançassent | |
| compound tenses | past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | avance | — | avançons | avanciez | — | ||
Descendants
- Middle French: advancer
- French: avancer (see there for further descendants)
- Norman: avancher, avanchi
- → Middle English: avauncen, avancen
- English: advance (/d/ by analogy with ad-)
- Yola: avancet (preterite)
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*abantiare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 11