What does en avance in French mean?
What is the meaning of the word en avance in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use en avance in French.
The word en avance in French means early, arrive early, ahead of its time, ahead of your time, be early, be [amount of time/distance] in front of, be ahead of your time, be late. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word en avance
earlylocution adverbiale (plus tôt que prévu) (adverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down.") Pour une fois, Monique a fini en avance. For once, Monica finished early. |
arrive earlylocution verbale (arriver plus tôt) (intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.") |
ahead of its time, ahead of your timelocution adverbiale (déjà avec les mœurs du futur) (expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.") |
be earlylocution verbale (arriver trop tôt) J'ai le temps de boire un café car je suis en avance. I have time for a coffee, as I am early. |
be [amount of time/distance] in front oflocution verbale (devancer, venir arriver avant) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") Ce coureur est en avance de 2 tours sur ses concurrents. This runner is two laps in front of his rivals. |
be ahead of your timelocution verbale (figuré (inventer trop tôt) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") Léonard de Vinci et Jules Verne étaient en avance sur leur temps. |
be latelocution verbale (un peu familier (être en retard) Bon, c'est pas tout ça, mais je ne suis pas en avance ! Il faut que je file ! |
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