avantage

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)

1. advantage (advantageous position)

   Antonym: inconvénient

2. (tennis) advantage

Derived terms

• avantage absolu
• avantage comparatif
• avantager
• avantageux
• être à son avantage

Descendants

• → Albanian: avantazh
• → Polish: awantaż
• → Romanian: avantaj
• → Spanish: ventaja
• → Turkish: avantaj

Further reading

• “avantage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Old French

Alternative forms

• avauntage, avauntaige

Etymology

avant +‎ -age

Noun

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

1. advantage
2. profit; gain

Descendants

• Middle French: advantage
  • French: avantage
    • → Albanian: avantazh
    • → Polish: awantaż
    • → Romanian: avantaj
    • → Spanish: ventaja
    • → Turkish: avantaj
• → Middle English: avantage, avauntage
  • English: advantage
  • → Welsh: mantais
• → Old Portuguese: auantaiẽ (Old Galician)
  • Galician: vantaxe