Afrikaans vooruitgaan | ||
Albanian avancoj | ||
Amharic ወደፊት | ||
Arabic تقدم | ||
Armenian առաջխաղացում | ||
Assamese আগতীয়া | ||
Aymara aski | ||
Azerbaijani əvvəlcədən | ||
Bambara ka taa ɲɛfɛ | ||
Basque aurreratu | ||
Belarusian загадзя | ||
Bengali অগ্রিম | ||
Bhojpuri आगे बढ़ल | ||
Bosnian unaprijed | ||
Bulgarian предварително | ||
Catalan avançar | ||
Cebuano abante | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 提前 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 提前 | ||
Corsican avanzà | ||
Croatian unaprijed | ||
Czech záloha | ||
Danish rykke | ||
Dhivehi އެޑްވާންސް | ||
Dogri पेशगी | ||
Dutch vooruitgaan | ||
English advance | ||
Esperanto antaŭeniri | ||
Estonian ette | ||
Ewe do ŋgᴐ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) advance | ||
Finnish etukäteen | ||
French avance | ||
Frisian foarútgong | ||
Galician adianto | ||
Georgian წინსვლა | ||
German voraus | ||
Greek προκαταβολή | ||
Guarani jehotenonde | ||
Gujarati એડવાન્સ | ||
Haitian Creole avanse | ||
Hausa ci gaba | ||
Hawaiian mua | ||
Hebrew לְקַדֵם | ||
Hindi अग्रिम | ||
Hmong ua ntej | ||
Hungarian előleg | ||
Icelandic fara fram | ||
Igbo na-aga n'ihu | ||
Ilocano idadarup | ||
Indonesian muka | ||
Irish roimh ré | ||
Italian progredire | ||
Japanese 前進 | ||
Javanese advance | ||
Kannada ಮುಂಗಡ | ||
Kazakh алға | ||
Khmer ទៅមុខ | ||
Kinyarwanda imbere | ||
Konkani आगाऊ रक्कम | ||
Korean 전진 | ||
Krio go bifo | ||
Kurdish pêşveçûn | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) بەرەوپێش چوون | ||
Kyrgyz илгерилөө | ||
Lao ລ່ວງຫນ້າ | ||
Latin antecessum | ||
Latvian iepriekš | ||
Lingala kokende liboso | ||
Lithuanian iš anksto | ||
Luganda okutuukiriza | ||
Luxembourgish virgezunnen | ||
Macedonian однапред | ||
Maithili अग्रिम | ||
Malagasy mialoha | ||
Malay maju | ||
Malayalam അഡ്വാൻസ് | ||
Maltese bil-quddiem | ||
Maori whakamua | ||
Marathi प्रगती | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯥꯡꯖꯧꯅꯅ | ||
Mizo ti lawk | ||
Mongolian урьдчилгаа | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ကြိုတင်မဲ | ||
Nepali अग्रिम | ||
Norwegian avansere | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) patsogolo | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଅଗ୍ରିମ | ||
Oromo fooyyessuu | ||
Pashto پرمختګ | ||
Persian پیشرفت | ||
Polish postęp | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) avançar | ||
Punjabi ਪੇਸ਼ਗੀ | ||
Quechua ñawpariy | ||
Romanian avans | ||
Russian продвижение | ||
Samoan muamua | ||
Sanskrit अग्रिमधन | ||
Scots Gaelic ro-làimh | ||
Sepedi gatetšego pele | ||
Serbian унапред | ||
Sesotho tsoelapele | ||
Shona fambira mberi | ||
Sindhi اڳڀرائي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) අත්තිකාරම් | ||
Slovak vopred | ||
Slovenian vnaprej | ||
Somali hore u marin | ||
Spanish avanzar | ||
Sundanese sateuacanna | ||
Swahili mapema | ||
Swedish förskott | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) isulong | ||
Tajik пеш | ||
Tamil முன்கூட்டியே | ||
Tatar алга | ||
Telugu అడ్వాన్స్ | ||
Thai ล่วงหน้า | ||
Tigrinya ሰጉም | ||
Tsonga hundzela | ||
Turkish ilerlemek | ||
Turkmen öňe gitmek | ||
Twi (Akan) animkɔ | ||
Ukrainian авансом | ||
Urdu پیشگی | ||
Uyghur ئالغا ئىلگىرىلەش | ||
Uzbek oldinga | ||
Vietnamese nâng cao | ||
Welsh ymlaen llaw | ||
Xhosa phambili | ||
Yiddish שטייַגן | ||
Yoruba ilosiwaju | ||
Zulu phambili |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Vooruitgaan" in Afrikaans can also mean "to improve" or "to progress", similar to its English cognate "advance". |
| Albanian | The verb "avancoj" in Albanian can also mean "to give a down payment" or "to make a deposit." |
| Amharic | The word "ወደፊት" in Amharic is cognate to the Arabic preposition "إلى", meaning "to" or "towards" and is often used figuratively to mean "progress" or "improvement". |
| Arabic | "تقدم" also means "progress" or "promotion" or "development." |
| Basque | "Aurreratu" can also mean "to bring forward" or "to anticipate." |
| Belarusian | The word "загадзя" can also mean "intentionally" or "deliberately". |
| Bengali | The word অগ্রিম can also mean forefront, or preliminary, as well as the first part or installment of something. |
| Bosnian | The word "unaprijed" is derived from the word "unaprijedio" which means "to make progress". |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word "предварително" also holds a connotation of being conditional in meaning. |
| Catalan | Catalan "avançar" comes from the Latin "abante" that means "from the front, from the forward side; on the side of the attacker" |
| Cebuano | Abante derives from the Spanish word "avante," which means "forward" or "onward." |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The Chinese word "提前" (advance) also means "premature" or "early". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The first character of 預項 ("advance") depicts a person standing on top of a high pillar, which represents the idea of looking ahead and anticipating. |
| Corsican | The word "avanzà" in Corsican finds its origin in the Latin term "adventus", meaning arrival. |
| Croatian | Unaprijed can also mean 'in advance' in the context of time. |
| Czech | The word "záloha" originally meant "pledge" or "surety" in Old Czech. |
| Danish | The Danish word "rykke" comes from the Old Norse word "rykkja", meaning "to move" or "to pull". |
| Dutch | Vooruitgaan also means 'get out of the way' in an informal Dutch context. |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "antaŭeniri" also means "to progress" or "to move forward" in a general sense. |
| Estonian | "Ette" in Estonian can also refer to something or someone located in front, or a destination, direction, or future occurrence. |
| Finnish | "Etutäteen" also means "in advance" in Finnish. |
| French | The word "avance" in French can also mean "loan" or "proposal". |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "foarútgong" is related to the Old English word "foregang" and the German word "vorausgehen", all meaning "to go before". |
| Galician | "Adianto" in Galician has also alternate meanings like "help" or "loan" |
| Georgian | The word წინსვლა, derived from the Georgian word წინ (forward), conveys not only progress but also a sense of progression against something or over obstacles. |
| German | "Voraus" can also mean "precondition," "premise," or "expectation." |
| Greek | Προκαταβολή shares a common root with "πρό", which means "before", and "βολή", which refers to throwing or sending, capturing the sense of an advance as something sent forward in preparation. |
| Gujarati | The word "advance" in Gujarati has the same meaning as in English, and also the alternate meaning of "to progress". The word "advance" is derived from the Old French word "avancer", which in turn comes from the Latin word "advenire", meaning "to come forth". The word "avancer" is also the origin of the English word "adventure". |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole word "avanse" also means "progress" and "success" in addition to "advance". |
| Hausa | The word 'ci gaba' literally translates to 'there in front', emphasizing movement forward, progress or advancement. |
| Hawaiian | In the Hawaiian language, "mua" derives from Polynesian roots, additionally meaning "foremost," "in front," or "to begin." |
| Hebrew | The word "לְקַדֵם" can also mean "to meet" or "to receive" in Hebrew. |
| Hindi | The word 'अग्रिम' comes from the Sanskrit word 'अग्र' meaning 'foremost' or 'ahead'. |
| Hmong | The word "ua ntej" in Hmong also means "to go forward" or "to proceed". |
| Hungarian | In Hungarian, “előleg” also means “deposit” and is derived from the root “elő” meaning “before” and “lég” meaning “down payment”. |
| Icelandic | The word "fara fram" can also mean "to go forward" or "to progress". |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "na-aga n'ihu" is derived from the verb "iga" (to go) and means "to move or progress forward" in a physical or metaphorical sense. |
| Indonesian | The word "muka" in Indonesian also means "face". |
| Irish | "Roimh ré" is composed of "roimh" (ahead) and "ré" (era), implying advancement as one moves further into the future. |
| Italian | Progredire derives from Latin "progredi", composed of "pro-" (forward) and "gradi" (to step). |
| Japanese | 前 can also mean 'front', 'before' or 'previous', and 進 means 'go', 'progress', or 'develop'. |
| Javanese | The verb 'ngawon' means either to go forward or to make progress. |
| Kannada | The word "ಮುಂಗಡ" in Kannada is derived from the Sanskrit word "मुनिगद" meaning "going in front"} |
| Kazakh | The word "алға" also means "forward" and is a common word in Kazakh poetry and song. |
| Khmer | The Khmer word "ទៅមុខ" can also mean "to go ahead" or "to progress". |
| Korean | The word "전진" can also mean "progress" or "development". |
| Kurdish | The word "pêşveçûn" is also used in Kurdish to mean "progress" or "development". |
| Latin | The word "antecessum" derives from the Latin words "ante" (before) and "cedere" (to go), indicating "going before" or "preceding." |
| Latvian | "iepriekš" can also mean "previously" or "beforehand" |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "iš anksto" originally meant "from the beginning" or "in advance," but now it is commonly used to mean "in advance" or "beforehand." |
| Luxembourgish | The word "virgezunnen" in Luxembourgish derives from the French word "avancer" meaning "to proceed" or "to go forward". |
| Macedonian | The word "еднапред" in Macedonian also means forward. |
| Malagasy | The word "mialoha" can also mean "to make progress" or "to start something new". |
| Malay | The Malay word "maju" can also mean "to progress", "to move forward" or "to make headway" in English. |
| Malayalam | The word "അഡ്വാൻസ്" in Malayalam is derived from the English word "advance," and it can also mean "progress" or "development." |
| Maltese | "Qudiem" is the word for "forward" in Maltese, and the prefix "bi" is used to form verbs, so "bil-quddiem" literally translates to "to go forward." |
| Maori | Whakamua has multiple meanings, including 'to progress', 'to promote', 'to move forward', and 'to lead'. |
| Marathi | In Marathi, "प्रगती" is related to the Sanskrit word "प्रगति" meaning "progress", and can also refer to "progressing" or "moving forward". |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word 'урьдчилгаа' can also refer to a 'premonition' or a 'forewarning'. |
| Nepali | The word `अग्रिम` (advance) comes from the Sanskrit word `अग्र` (front), suggesting a forward movement in time or position |
| Norwegian | The word "avansere" comes from the French word "avancer", which means "to move forward" or "to make progress." |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | "Patsogolo" also means "development" or "progress" in Nyanja. |
| Pashto | The word "پرمختګ" (advance) in Pashto has roots in the Persian language and shares a similar meaning to the English word "progress". |
| Persian | Persian "پیشرفت" can also mean "progress" or "development". |
| Polish | The word "postęp" comes from the Proto-Slavic word *pъstǫpati, which means "to step on" or "to progress." |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "avançar" can also mean "to overtake" (a vehicle), "to make progress," "to move up," or "to promote." |
| Punjabi | The word “ਪੇਸ਼ਗੀ” in Punjabi can also mean “advance” as in money paid up front, or “presentation” as in a speech or a report. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, «аванс» originally referred to taxes levied on merchants in the 17th century. |
| Russian | The Russian word "продвижение" has the same etymology as the word "движение" ("movement"), but has come to have a more specific meaning of "advance" or "progress". |
| Samoan | The word "muamua" in Samoan can also mean "beginning" or "first". |
| Scots Gaelic | "Ro-làimh" in Scots Gaelic also means "a hand's width", "as much as can be held in the open hand", "palm" or "flat of the hand" |
| Serbian | The word "унапред" can also mean "in front" or "ahead". |
| Sesotho | The word "tsoelapele" also means "leading the sheep or the cows in front on a long distance journey when you know that there is a lion stalking the livestock" in Sesotho. |
| Shona | "Fambira mberi" is also a term used to describe leading or going forward, especially in a metaphorical sense. |
| Sindhi | The word اڳڀرائي can also mean "anticipation" or "foresight" in Sindhi. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word 'අත්තිකාරම්' is also used to refer to the advance payment made on a purchase or a loan. |
| Slovak | The root «pred» in the word «vopred» is used in many other words meaning «ahead» like «napred» and «napredok» in Slovak and many related languages such as Czech and Polish. |
| Slovenian | Vnaprej is formed from the root 'nap(re)j' (onwards) combined with the prefix 'v' (in). |
| Somali | The Somali word "hore u marin" has the alternate meaning of "taking the initiative". |
| Spanish | "Avanzar" comes from the Latin "abante" (at the front) and evolved from "andare" (to go). |
| Sundanese | The word 'sateuacanna' can also mean 'to progress' or 'to develop'. |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "mapema" is derived from the Proto-Bantu root "-pama" meaning "to go ahead" or "to precede". |
| Swedish | The word "förskott" derives from the Proto-Germanic word “*furskatuz”, which also means “payment in advance”. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Isulong" is derived from the root word "sulong", meaning "forward" or "progress". |
| Tajik | "Пеш" is a word used in Tajikistan and has two distinct meanings depending on its use in the context of chess and the military. |
| Telugu | The word “అడ్వాన్స్” (“advance”) in Telugu is derived from the English word “advance,” which means forward movement or progress. |
| Thai | The word "ล่วงหน้า" can also mean "in advance" or "beforehand". |
| Turkish | "İlerlemek" kelimesi Türkçe'de "ileri gitmek" anlamının yanı sıra "gelişme kaydetmek" anlamında da kullanılır. |
| Ukrainian | "Авансом" comes from the French "en avance" meaning "beforehand". |
| Urdu | The word "پیشگی" can also refer to an estimated amount of money or resources required for a particular task or project. |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "oldinga" is a derivative of the Turkic verb "ilgər" meaning 'to move forward'. |
| Vietnamese | Nâng cao's alternate meaning is 'to raise' |
| Welsh | The Welsh phrase "ymlaen llaw" literally translates to "into the front hand", reflecting its original meaning of "advance payment". |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word "phambili" can also mean "forward" or "before". |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "שטייַגן" can also mean "to ascend" or "to rise." |
| Yoruba | "Ilosiwaju" means "advance" and can also be translated into "progress", "development" or "improvement." |
| Zulu | "Phambili" can mean both "ahead" and "forward" in Zulu, suggesting a sense of progression or movement towards a goal. |
| English | "Advance" comes from the Latin "advenire," meaning "to arrive at" or "approach." |